Connor Sweeney

Building Baba - healthcare for folks with Medicare.


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

Pure*Marketplace for Rare Coins & Precious Metals
Demi AIAI Chief of Staff
AttentionLocal memory for you and your agents
OrbitNon-invasive brain interfaces
MetisAgent infrastructure
OdysseyFlexport for healthcare
ReadySpacesModular warehouses
Sunflower SoberThe toolkit to end addiction
1849 BioMicrobes for metal extraction
Pipedream Labs*Autonomous underground logistics
RainmakerOn-demand rain
Atomic Semi*American-made chips
Switch BioworksNitrogen-fixing microbes
TezzaHigh-protein, non-dairy yogurt and cheese
Endless HealthHeart hormone coaching

*via SPV