Driver :: Tech

NO PAUSING // Now we’re at 20% IP, 20% perimenopause. Canyon Ranch is launching M/Power (wow, the names), a peri/menopause retreat. 3-nights and $7K later, 15 people will get “blood work, hormonal panels, and body composition scans” and daily group sessions covering sex, stress, and sleep. Book me in and I’ll report back.

SEEK DEEPER // I can’t not address Deep Seek 1) AI is about to get cheaper 2) Things are moving faster 3) It’s still anyone’s game (if you act now). But also, someone please tell OpenAI it’s time for brand building. Not Boring by Packy McCormick and I are aligned. It’s how they win.

METHYLENE BLUE // I don’t know much about this YET but my wellness guru, Jenny Evans, can’t stop talking about Methylene Blue. Typically, whenever she says something it’s huge within the year. Consider yourself told.

Office of the Surface shared these lymphatic drainage leggings. Want.

The scientific fight over whether aging is a disease: WSJ looks at how a group of scientists, doctors, and entrepreneurs are advocating to classify aging as a disease, arguing that doing so could help speed up drug approvals for treatments targeting aging, rather than just age-related diseases, which could save millions on chronic disease spending... See more

FARMING OUT SUSHI -> Taylor Lorenz // Before there was an AG-1 airport vending machine, there was Farmer’s Fridge. The fridges are now also in hospitals—brilliant and needed. And now they're ready to test their cold-storage chops by expanding into sushi. I’m both scared and excited.

What gets us really excited about this stage is AI’s unique potential to fuel a new level of personal agency and self-optimization for consumers — across health, finances, personal safety, and careers. Our new framework, Proactive Measures, outlines this opportunity. Consumers are increasingly stepping into the role of “CEO of their own life” — and... See more

BLOOD BIOHACKING // We all have our feelings about the government right now but often what starts there trickles out. Ochuko Akpovbovboshared that the US military is exploring blood bio-hacking. “It's kind of like an automatic drug-delivery system”. Mark my words, someone will turn this into a beauty thing.