Longevity Conference in Berkeley Draws Founders and Investors

For a mass blood draw. Robby Wade, CEO of at-home testing company Rythm Health, explained how to activate heating pads before participants attached Tasso devices to collect blood samples for hormone, metabolism, organ, and biological-age analysis. The first day of Vitalist Bay included sessions on cryopreservation and delaying menopause.

Attendees could also join a workshop on longevity therapeutics led by a co-founder of BioAge Labs, attend a Krav Maga lesson, or take a sound bath.

Peterson, co-founder of the Foresight Institute, said the longevity community is shifting from a movement to more of an industry. Adam Gries, co-founder of the conference and the Vitalist movement, asked in opening remarks whether people would give up and die like every other generation.

The event space also serves as a rationalist AI doomer hub and features well-padded wicker patio furniture and taffy-pink rose bushes. One attendee compared the blood-testing setup to Theranos but noted that it works.