Defending the 30-day 8000-sqft wet lab: engineer pushes back on biotech gatekeeping
kenbwork · x · 2026-10-12
Navye Anand's team claimed a 30-day, 8000-sqft high-throughput wet lab for molecular discovery starting with pesticides — then got roasted by biologists over sloppy lab practices and jargon. kenbwork argues for holding the highest bar on safety and claims while letting scrappy teams fail, get humbled, and try again, noting seasoned experts burn billions in VC within conventional biotech structures and "SV tech bro vs biologist" framing helps no one.
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