Next YC batch: "We're Mollusca and we're democratizing access to nature's strongest material"

Just find the proteins involved then manufacture them with yeast. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

	▲	culi 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		they're made of rock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethite

mattas 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"We dropped out of high school to build AI-powered snail teeth."

1234letshaveatw 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do snails scale?

	▲	ArmadilloGang 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They certainly scale the fence my wife put around the garden. Then again, we haven’t done a good job of patching holes in the perimeter. Our DevOps team is too busy playing in the sprinkler to learn to read, let alone automate patching, but it’s on the board for next sprint.

eunos 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I hate the word democratizing

WorldPeas 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

imagine growing tools out of this stuff instead of forging or casting, that'd be neat.

	▲	Terr_ 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's some overlap here with the dental problem of tooth enamel, another kind of wonderful biomaterial.