Hear how AI can engineer nature's comeback at Disrupt 2026

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, a Real World AI Stage session will tackle the question of whether AI can engineer “nature’s comeback” by helping revive extinct species. The fireside chat titled “Can We Engineer Nature’s Comeback?” features Ben Lamm, co-founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, which is pursuing de-extinction efforts using synthetic biology alongside AI. The discussion will examine technologies behind de-extinction, how AI is already changing modern biology through genetic analysis and biological modeling, and the wider debate over whether engineering biodiversity offsets or distracts from protecting ecosystems. Disrupt returns to Moscone West in San Francisco on October 13–15.