Sam Altman invests ₹1,700 cr in startup that aims to slow ageing
Ishaan Mukherjee, Published on May 20th, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has invested nearly $180 million (over ₹1,740 crore) in Retro Biosciences, a startup aiming to slow ageing and fight diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer. The firm is trying to reset ageing cells into a younger biological state without fully converting them into stem cells. Retro is collaborating with OpenAI for an AI model called GPT-4b micro.
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