Noor Siddiqui, founder of Orchid, aims to equip couples with genetic insights to better predict and understand potential health risks for their future children.
Noor began her career as a Thiel Fellow, an exclusive program that selects 20 young visionaries annually to pause their formal education and develop their groundbreaking ideas. Noor holds both a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford, where she has also engaged in extensive research in AI and genomics.
Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked at various companies from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Carta, Splunk, Wealthfront, Adobe, and more.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Orchid and Genomic Testing
02:38 The Importance of Genetic Screening
02:58 How many babies born through Orchid
03:33 The Influence of Personal Experiences on Orchid
07:30 Embryo Screening: Mitigating the Risk
11:10 Deciding To Have Kid To Genetic Testing To IVF
18:36 Interesting Conversations On Picking An Embryo
19:50 The Power of Comprehensive Genetic Data
24:00 Health Insurers Covering Genic Screening?
26:00 Besides parents, who benefits from healthier babies?
29:20 Plan For Expansion
