Max Rye: The End of Dairy
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
5.0 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
"…by the way, today, there might be an ick factor associated with it, but there might come a day that people will wonder, why are we drinking other species milks… If you have access to the real thing or the stuff that's in the real thing. I mean, it's these special proteins… these amazing different complex sugars and proteins that are found in human milk that are super valuable." - Max Rye
Max Rye spent more than 15 years helping businesses scale with technology. He was the CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company and at the time, had no plans to nor thoughts of being at be at the forefront of transforming the entire global dairy industry.
But, that's what happened…
He was speaking at Google headquarters in Singapore, when someone from the audience said to him, "I'm looking for milk that doesn't come from cows and I know that people in San Francisco are making things with cells, why not milk?" That someone was Fengru Lin and she and Max are now the co-founders of Turtle Tree Labs.
Turtle Tree labs is using cell-based technology to create all kinds of milk, from snow leopard and elephant milk to cow and human milk. And they have big plans for the human milk, bigger than just infant formula.
As you can imagine, human milk is like a superfood with a lot of special proteins and complex sugars that just can't be found anywhere else.
And Turtle Tree Labs is working around the clock to put it on the market.
The future is here and it's getting kinder by the day.
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| 0:00.0 | Species, United. Species unite. |
| 0:15.0 | By the way, today it might be a nick factor associated with it, but there might come a day |
| 0:21.0 | someday that you people will wonder why are we drinking other |
| 0:24.6 | species milks and so for if you have access to the real thing or the stuff that's |
| 0:29.8 | in the real thing I mean it's these special proteins right that we're talking about these |
| 0:34.1 | amazing different complex sugars and proteins that are found in human milk that are super valuable. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novograt's, this is Species Unite. |
| 0:49.7 | For the months of May, June and July, species Unite is celebrating plant-based eating with vegan |
| 0:56.3 | nights. |
| 0:57.3 | All that really means is we would love for you to cook dinner for your friends or your family or your neighbor and make it vegan. |
| 1:06.0 | On our website we have downloadable post packs with recipes, tips, information to make your vegan night all the more fun and better. |
| 1:16.0 | So go to our website, species Unite.com, and download a host pack. And you will be entered to win one of six $275 vegan gift baskets that are filled with all sorts of incredible plant-based products. |
| 1:33.0 | This conversation is with Max Rye. |
| 1:41.0 | Max spent more than 15 years helping businesses grow with tech. |
| 1:45.0 | He was a CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company |
| 1:48.0 | and he's now CEO and co-founder of Turtle Tree Labs. |
| 1:52.0 | Turtle Tree Labs is using cell-based technology |
| 1:55.7 | to create all kinds of milk, from Snow Leopard and Elephant Milk |
| 2:00.8 | to Cow and Human Milk, and they have big plans for the human milk, bigger than just |
| 2:06.4 | infant formula. As you can imagine, human milk is like a superfood with lots of special |
| 2:11.8 | proteins and complex sugars that can't be found anywhere else. |
| 2:16.0 | And Turtle Tree Labs is working around the clock to put it on the market. Okay. Max, thank you so much for being here today. It's really exciting to have you. |
| 2:40.0 | Thank you so much, Elizabeth. I'm really glad to be on here. |
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