Bryan Johnson
Country:
USA
Bryan Johnson is founder of Kernel, OS Fund and Braintree.In 2016, he founded Kernel, investing $100M to build advanced neural interfaces to treat disease and dysfunction, illuminate the mechanisms of intelligence, and extend cognition. Kernel is on a mission to dramatically increase our quality of life as healthy lifespans extend. He believes that the future of humanity will be defined by the combination of human and artificial intelligence (HI +AI).
In 2014, Bryan invested $100M to start OS Fund which invests in entrepreneurs commercializing breakthrough discoveries in genomics, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, precision automation, and new materials development.
In 2007, Bryan founded Braintree (acquired Venmo) which he sold to PayPal in 2013 for $800M.
Bryan is an outdoor-adventure enthusiast, pilot, and author of a children's book, Code 7.