Founder Uses ChatGPT to Cure Dog's Cancer, Launches YC-Backed Gamgee
DeryaTR_ · x · 2026-08-13
After his dog Rosie was diagnosed with terminal cancer and failed standard treatments, Paul Conyngham used ChatGPT combined with computational genomics to design a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine. Following the treatment, several of Rosie's tumors shrank.
Leveraging this success, he officially launched Gamgee (YC S26), a startup focusing on personalized mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs.
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