Move over, storks—there’s a new baby delivery service in town, and it’s backed by tech billionaires who apparently watched too much Gattaca on repeat. Meet Preventive, the clandestine startup racing to birth the first gene-hacked American baby outside China, because nothing says “parenting goals” like editing your kid’s DNA before the ultrasound reveal. Funded by Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, these mad scientists are shopping for a willing couple whose hereditary disease is cramping their style. CEO Lucas Harrington swears it’s all hypothetical, but with competitors already selling IQ predictions and polygenic screening for the low price of a used Tesla, the future of designer babies is less “maybe” and more “hold my CRISPR.”
Startup Secretly Working to Gene-Hack Human Baby
