Biology startups gain been around for a long time. But the world has changed since that first wave of bio startups,and especially more recently, due to the "peace dividends of the smartphone wars". So what happens when you combine those cheap sensors and compute power -- and apply it to bio? Cheaper costs and Moore's Law-like effects may mean lower barriers to entry, or the ability to experiment more often and more easily,and other AWS-like effects for a new wave of bio company founders. But is all this just approximately cost … or approximately something more? And how carry out we know if this time is really different when it comes to bio startups? MORE
Source: a16z.com