Startup co-founded by longevity guru Peter Attia emerges from stealth

Longevity is a hot trend in Silicon Valley these days, driven by rising interest—especially among the wealthy—in preventing disease through regular testing. A new player, Biograph, has just emerged from stealth, and it’s co-founded by one of the biggest names in longevity science: Dr. Peter Attia. Attia is a Canadian-American physician best known as the author of the bestseller “Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity” and for his podcast. Biograph’s CEO and other co-founder is John Hering, a prominent Silicon Valley figure. A cybersecurity founder who infamously scanned celebrities’ cellphones at the 2005 Academy Awards, Hering has become best known as one Elon Musk’s biggest backers through his role as a partner at Vy Capital. There, Hering has poured billions into Musk’s startups and donated $500,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC before the election, per a WSJ profile. Biograph calls itself the world’s “most advanced” preventive health and diagnostics clinic. It currently has a loca ... Read full article.