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The Journal.

Fertility Inc.: The Embryo Editing Dinner

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, Business News, News

4.25.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0

Hey, it's Jess.

0:01.6

And Ryan, tickets for our live show in Los Angeles are on sale now.

0:06.0

Join us Tuesday, April 28th at the L. Ray Theater at 8 p.m.

0:10.1

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

0:13.7

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

0:15.9

Find a link in our show notes to get your tickets before they sell out,

0:18.9

which they did very quickly last time.

0:21.1

See you there.

0:28.6

Let's travel back to the summer. It's late July.

0:34.0

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

0:43.5

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

0:48.0

She talked to some of the people who were there.

0:50.6

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 finish furniture.

1:04.0

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

1:08.0

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

1:14.5

Brian Armstrong is the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the U.S.'s biggest

1:20.5

crypto company.

1:22.1

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

1:28.0

How might they bring the powerful and highly debated medical technology known as embryo editing

1:34.5

to fruition?

1:40.0

Embryo editing.

1:41.8

Going into an embryo and tweaking its DNA.

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