Episode
How a Stanford & Google AI pioneer invests in longevity biotech - Karl Pfleger
- Podcast
- Free Radicals
- Published
- Feb 10, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 6267
- Processing state
not_requested
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/free-radicals-7588534/episodes/how-a-stanford-google-ai-pioneer-invests-in-longevity-biotech-karl-pfleger/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-radicals-7588534/how-a-stanford-google-ai-pioneer-invests-in-longevity-biotech-karl-pfleger.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
Today’s guest is Karl Pfleger. After spending a decade as one of the first AI researchers at Google from 2002 to 2011, he has dedicated himself to the cause of rejuvenation biotechnology for nearly a decade. He is a philanthropist, community builder, and prolific angel investor with over 35 investments into rejuvenation biotech startups. His website, agingbiotech.info , provides valuable information to the entire field, and his talks and X posts are highly insightful and influential within longevity. Karl has deeply researched and nuanced takes, and those really show in this conversation. We’ll cover why epigenetic reprogramming won’t solve aging, Karl’s investment strategy and what distinguishes true rejuvenation technology, and why better diagnostic technologies could be the key to personalized aging interventions.