Team

Founded by aging researchers, based in Seattle.

Ora grew out of the University of Washington longevity-science community. Advisors come from consumer skincare, pharma and oncology.

Leadership

Ben Blue, PhD

CEO & Co-Founder

Built the AI and robotics platform. Expertise in laboratory automation, high-throughput screening, and C. elegans research tools.

Blair Zhao, PhD

CSO & Co-Founder

Translational science and regenerative medicine. Specializes in vascular biology, stem cell research, and protein design.

Matt Kaeberlein, PhD

Board Chair & Co-Founder

Dog Aging Project. Founding Director of the UW Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute.

Co-founders

Co-founders and scientific advisors

Brian Kennedy, PhD

Co-Founder · Scientific Advisory Board

Distinguished Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Former president of the Buck Institute.

Jason Pitt, PhD

WormBot Inventor & Co-Founder

Research scientist and inventor of WormBot.

Mitchell Lee, PhD

Co-Founder

Researches healthy-aging therapeutics and the connections between aging and disease.

Jan Gruber, PhD

Co-Founder

Yale-NUS and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Researches mitochondrial dysfunction and macromolecular damage in aging.

Advisors and board

Cynthia Short

Consumer skincare

Brian Burdick

AI · Investor

Ryan Dittamore

Pharma

Nicole Byrne, MD

Medical

Tammy Buist

Oncology

John Sabey

Board · Investor