can you feel it?
something feels different.
we can build agents that solve really hard problems. they work like subject matter experts — not chatbots, not narrow tools. they do the work. each project makes the next one easier.
biology has a word for this kind of thing. a plasmid.
plasmids are small loops of dna inside cells, separate from the main genome.
they copy themselves. they give cells superpowers — antibiotic resistance, digesting plastic, fighting off rivals.
they spread sideways, cell to cell. freely copied, freely remixed.
open source superpowers.
a plasmid is how a cell becomes more than it was born to be.
a subject matter agent you can build and copy is a plasmid. it gives the company superpowers nobody else has.
we invest in companies that build and collect plasmids.
the cell can change. the product can change. the plasmid is what stays. the small, reusable machinery only this team could build, and only they can use.
plasmids build more plasmids. the first version takes a year. the fifth takes a weekend. each one reaches problems the last couldn't.
what a plasmid makes possible: a drug that costs a tenth of the last one. a robot that teaches every robot after. a container where agents replicate and self-improve.
we back founders who use plasmids to build plasmids to make better plasmids. it's the loop that makes everything above possible.
a plasmid is how a cell becomes more than it was born to be. we back companies that do the same. we back founders who do the same.