SynBioBeta Speaker
Micha Breakstone
Co-founder & CEO
Cellular Intelligence
May 2026, SynBioBeta
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Micha Breakstone is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cellular Intelligence (CI), an AI-native TechBio company building a universal foundation model of cell signaling to understand, predict, and ultimately control cellular behavior. Backed by over $60 million from investors including Khosla Ventures, CZI, SciFi VC, and AMD Ventures, CI is combining large scale data generation with cutting-edge machine learning to help turn biology into an engineering discipline. Micha is a repeat AI entrepreneur who previously co-founded and served as President of Chorus.ai, acquired by ZoomInfo for $575 million, and earlier sold his NLP business unit to Intel. He now leads a world-class founding team spanning Harvard, MIT, and the University of Washington, working to make cellular engineering more predictive, programmable, and scalable. Micha holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and a Master’s in Mathematics, and is an active ecosystem builder who has mentored over 130 startups and invested in over 40, playing a pivotal role in shaping several AI unicorns.
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