Connor Sweeney

Previously chief of staff to Lucy Guo. Employee #2 at Passes.

I grew up in Delaware, went to MIT, and cofounded an agricultural synthetic biology startup called Robigo.

Writing

A shortcut to winning: What Lucy Guo taught me about stacking the odds in your favor2025

Science Articles

How to deploy engineered microbes into the environment & consumer settingsNature Microbiology, 2025

Plants can be engineered with nanotubesNature Nanotechnology, 2019

Plants warn neighbors when scaredFrontiers in Plant Science, 2017

Investments

PureMarketplace for Rare Coins & Precious Metals

StealthAI Chief of Staff

MetisAgent infrastructure

OdysseyFlexport for healthcare

ReadySpacesModular warehouses

Sunflower SoberThe toolkit to end addiction

1849 BioMicrobes for metal extraction

Pipedream LabsAutonomous underground logistics

RainmakerOn-demand rain

Atomic SemiAmerican-made chips

Switch BioworksNitrogen-fixing microbes

TezzaHigh-protein, non-dairy yogurt and cheese

Endless HealthHeart hormone coaching