What if we could manipulate biology as quickly and easily as we manipulate software? That's what @pdhsu and @arcinstitute are betting on. Science is slow because biology is the most complex system we study, and we don't speak its native language (DNA). These limitations are beyond our control. But science is also slow because of research fragmentation, misaligned incentives, and a lack of collaboration—all of which we can control. Arc is rethinking this model by creating an environment that increases the "collision frequency" among scientists across disciplines, allowing them to collaborate more naturally. They are also building computational tools like virtual cell models that could accelerate discovery, just as AlphaFold has transformed protein science. On the @a16z podcast, @eriktorenberg and I sat down with Patrick for what I believe is a definitive conversation about the future of science and biotechnology.