Fertility Inc.: The Embryo Editing Dinner

生育公司:胚胎编辑晚餐

The Journal.

2026-03-28

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Genetically engineered babies are banned in the U.S. But that isn’t stopping Silicon Valley tech titans from trying to make one. In this final installment from The Journal’s investigation into the fringes of the fertility industry, WSJ’s Emily Glazer reports on the controversial new companies pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - Fertility Inc.: One Dad, One Hundred Babies - Fertility Inc.: ‘Our Money Was Gone’ - Fertility Inc.: When the Surrogate Gets Left With the Bill - Fertility Inc. from The Journal Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Hey, it's Jess.

  • And Ryan.

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  • Join us Tuesday, April 28th at the El Rey Theater at 8 p.m.

  • There 'll be special guests, conversations about the business of Hollywood,

  • and afterwards, we 'll stick around to meet you all.

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  • See you there.

  • Let's travel back to the summer.

  • It's late July.

  • We're in the Bay Area in San Francisco at this ultra-luxury restaurant called Quince.

  • Our colleague Emily Glazer is describing a dinner she learned about a while ago.

  • She talked to some of the people who were there.

  • There was a whole group of Silicon Valley elite and scientists that were in a private room at the back

  • of this restaurant, which had vintage Finnish furniture.

  • At the center of the group was the evening's host.

  • Brian Armstrong is there, wearing all black, kind of holding court.

  • Brian Armstrong is the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Coinbase.

  • The U.S.'s biggest crypto company.

  • And the evening kicked off with a central question for the attendees.