XPRIZE Healthspan: the $81m longevity prize that convinced its own doubters

“I never thought we would actually get a winner,” says Dr Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of Health at XPRIZE. She is talking about XPRIZE Healthspan, the project she oversees. It is a seven-year, $101 million global competition to develop therapies that restore the function people lose as they age. To win, a team has…

ByJon LipseyAugust 24, 20260Comments

BUSINESS

Inside the world’s most private longevity investment conference

The world’s most private longevity investment conference takes place in Switzerland next month and you are not on the list. Don’t take it personally. Hardly anyone is. Between the 14th and the 17th September approximately 140 people will gather in Gstaad for the annual Longevity Investors Conference. One third of them are speakers. The rest…

ByJon LipseyAugust 24, 20260Comments

HEALTH Vanguard

The longevity network that started in a pub, not a lab

Mo Elzek does not think that, in the coming years, you will be able to pop a magic pill and decide what age you want to be. He does, however, think that a cocktail of targeted rejuvenation therapies could have a profound impact on your healthspan and lifespan. That distinction, borne out of deep understanding…

ByJon LipseyAugust 7, 20260Comments

HEALTH Opinion

Christopher Snowdon: healthy lifestyles are a burden on taxpayers

If you work in health, Christopher Snowdon is supposed to be the enemy. He defends smokers, opposes minimum pricing on alcohol and argues against sugar taxes. He thinks the wellness industry is "mostly a force for bad" and that nutritional epidemiology, the science underpinning nearly everything you have ever been told about food, is a…

ByJon LipseyAugust 6, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Great minds

The investor who bought Bitcoin at $7 on why longevity is the next AI

Marc P. Bernegger started an internet company before the average person was online. He bought Bitcoin at $7. And he walked towards a little-known longevity expert at a conference after the man had said something so radical it caused members of the audience to walk out. That expert was the now-pioneering gerontologist Aubrey de Grey.…

ByJon LipseyJuly 2, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Investigation

Who actually runs longevity in 2026

Longevity has stopped being a Silicon Valley curiosity. Over the past four years, the field has crossed the line from speculative science to institutional industry. Tech billionaires have poured billions into it. Sovereign wealth funds have arrived. The first human trial of partial cellular reprogramming starts this year, with FDA clearance already in hand. A…

ByJon LipseyMay 20, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Vanguard

Meet the man building the “CES of longevity”

For eight years, Phil Newman has watched the longevity megatrend gather momentum. As founder and CEO of First Longevity and Editor-in-Chief of Longevity Technology, he has had a front row seat as the industry evolved from niche curiosity to cultural phenomenon. Now he’s building a stage of his own. The Longevity Show, launching this June…

ByJon LipseyMarch 9, 20260Comments

HEALTH Obesity crisis

Metabolic ill health will cost the global economy trillions

McKinsey Health Institute recently released a 59-page report on global metabolic health — and the numbers are impossible to ignore. Around 900 million adults worldwide are obese, and more than 20 chronic diseases, from diabetes to dementia, are directly linked to obesity. The economic impact is equally severe: $2.76 trillion in GDP could be wiped…

ByJon LipseyFebruary 1, 20260Comments

HEALTH Explainer

What is your metabolic age and how do you calculate it?

You're familiar with your chronological age, but there’s another measure that could be even more relevant when it comes to your health—your metabolic age. This lesser-known metric gives you an idea of how your body is aging on the inside, and it’s often a better indicator of overall health than the number of candles on…

ByJon LipseyDecember 13, 20250Comments

BUSINESS

The tech billionaires betting big on longevity

If you had billions in the bank, where would you invest? For some of the world’s wealthiest tech entrepreneurs, the answer is simple - developing life-extending technology so they can stick around a little longer to enjoy their riches. From reversing aging to regenerative medicine, these industry giants are pouring their fortunes into making a…

ByJon LipseyDecember 7, 20250Comments

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