Wang Jun, welcomed by many technology and investment tycoons, has an extraordinary natural background. /kloc-was admitted to Peking University at the age of 0/6, participated in the Human Genome Project at the age of 23, and took charge of Huada Gene (the largest gene research institution in the world) at the age of 36. At the same time, at the age of 40, he has published more than 60 academic papers in Nature and Science. In 20 12, Nature magazine selected 10 as the most influential person in science, and Wang Jun was the youngest. 20 13 was selected by fortune as one of the 40 elites under 40 in the world in 20 13. In 20/0/5, Kloc was named "the most influential scientific research elite in the world" by Reuters. At the same time, few people have made such achievements in science and industry, so it is not surprising that when Wang Jun announced the establishment of carbon cloud intelligence, investment institutions rushed to give him money.
"We want to be everyone's own Avatar." Wang Jun explained his mission. Carbon Cloud Intelligence hopes to build a healthy big data platform and use artificial intelligence technology to process these data to help people do health management.
Life itself is made of carbon and can be digitized. Carbon Cloud Intelligence first collects data from the aspects of individual life genomics, protein genomics, metabonomics, transcriptomics, immune response, etc., and combines with the analysis of intestinal flora, lifestyle and other indicators to establish a life data information base. Then a series of artificial intelligence algorithms developed by Carbon Cloud Intelligence are used to analyze these complex data.
"If you want to know what kind of influence you will have after running the marathon, will you have any physical problems? You don't have to run by yourself. You can use this technique to test the results. Use life big data and artificial intelligence technology to manage everyone's life and health. Wang Jun thinks, "We can digitize everyone's life information, so as to interpret these data and find more valuable life rules, thus improving people's quality of life. 」
Wang Jun demonstrated an application called Meun at the press conference in early 20 17. Through this application, users of Carbon Cloud Intelligence can access their own data and get advice on nutrition, exercise and sleep. Finally, by mining individual data information, it provides users with relevant suggestions on disease risk and executable improvement.
Wang Jun wants to do more than that. He also wants to build a global genome Internet. Wang Jun said, "The Internet connects computers one by one. The history of the Internet began with supercomputers, then personal computers, and then personal computers began to network and became the Internet. This is the case with computers, and so is the genome sequence. 」
"What do you mean? He went on to say, "At the beginning, we identified a human genome, just like a supercomputer. Now everyone can afford their own gene sequencing. But in fact, what should we do next? Is to connect these genomes that everyone has measured. This is called the Genome Internet, which is the network of genomes. 」
Wang Jun explained that these genes can be linked together because any two people on our planet have a common ancestor when they go back to the past at some point. All men in the world can be traced back to a Y chromosome about100000 years ago, and all women in the world can be traced back to a mitochondrial sequence about100000 years ago. Genes are related and have many similarities.
"For example, the incidence of some diseases is very low, but in fact, on a global scale, you can also find its corresponding cases. So when this network effect is connected, it is even more powerful. Many times, the gene Internet may have a greater effect on life and health. For example, he said, "If everyone's data are connected to form a genome network, we may have the opportunity to understand the relationship between this gene and disease, and various opportunities will be formed on it. These opportunities, information and knowledge are unimaginable when we make a personal genome. 」
If we can really connect everyone's data and form a genome network, the opportunity is immeasurable.
What the Wang Jun team has to do is very cutting-edge. He innovatively integrates life big data, artificial intelligence and the Internet, and provides all-round and personalized life and health management solutions and related applications for end users by integrating relevant resources and data in the field of life and health, so as to enhance the connotation of products and services for related industries.
Obviously, such an important mission cannot be accomplished by a startup company alone. Wang Jun is also aware of this. In the spring of 20 17, it announced the construction of an ecological alliance for digital life. At present, seven top biotechnology companies from the United States (5), Israel (1) and China (1) have joined the alliance, among which SomaLogic provides convenient technology for protein detection (real-time detection of life molecules); HealthTell has developed a series of immune signature technologies to help alliance members understand valuable information, such as how the individual immune system responds to various medical care, behavioral habits and environmental factors. PatientsLikeMe is the world's first personalized patient social network; GALT provides important in-depth information about the huge and complex human microbiome; AOBiome developed the world's first consistent probiotic therapy, aiming at repairing ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in human microbiota. The company will provide the first commercial application in the alliance; Imagu establishes a digital human model, which can understand individual life, predict future trends, and recommend appropriate health optimization activities for users in a personalized and quantitative way.
Carbon Cloud Intelligence has invested $400 million in seven companies that have joined the alliance. Carbon Cloud Intelligence expects to quickly develop health data analysis tools and related applications with higher cost performance by combining the respective advantages of all alliance members.
At present, Carbon Cloud Intelligence is carrying out two pilot projects. In one project, 65,438+000 invited participants will buy a 65,438+00-year package for 654,380+million yuan. This package promises to provide participants with all life tests of the alliance, as well as life/health/medical insurance.
"This project is very exciting and belongs to the frontier field. There is no doubt that it will produce very interesting and meaningful data, "said Ma Jing of Harvard School of Public Health. But the alliance seems to lack sufficient contact with experts in the medical field, which affects the evaluation of health and disease outcomes, Ma Jing added. For users with insufficient loyalty, this platform may also seem too time-consuming and expensive.
Wang Jun said, "What Carbon Cloud is doing now is to understand human life itself in a digital way. We want to find out how the mechanical level of human beings works, and even how the level of human will works in the future. Even after understanding this kind of thing, if you transplant it to a robot, you will find that the robot really has human intelligence and artificial intelligence, which will be very different. 」
At present, in addition to carbon cloud intelligence, Arivale in Seattle, HumanLongevity in San Diego, and Integrated Personalized Sprofing are all doing similar things.