The 300-year life: Hype, hope, and getting started

In an unmarked private club in London, a roomful of founders, venture capitalists, CEOs, and biotech leaders discuss living to 300 years old, kicking off the 2025 Founders Longevity Forum, a partnership between Longevity.Technology and Founders Forum.

Some think it’s possible. There are serious conversations about cryopreservation, organ replacements, stem cell protocols, and plasma transfusions that make the idea feel within reach. ❄️

But as we sit at the precipice of genuine life extension, we’re still grappling with the basics—do longevity clinics offer value, does biological age testing work, and why does preventative care still feel out of reach.

“We’re just scratching the surface on what this thing—the human body—works,” says William Kapp, CEO and founder of Fountain Life, a longevity center, during an event presentation.

⛓️ While AI continues to accelerate the science of longevity, it could be that connection—to ourselves, to our health data, and to one another—is what starts to drive real change.

One message that rang loud and clear is that biological data MUST inform health decisions—maybe before we start freezing bodies.

In his blueprint for building the future of longevity, Phil Newman, Editor-in-Chief of Longevity.Technology and host of the event, argues that consumer diagnostics are one of the first tings to master.

Biological age (the age of your cells) could be a promising candidate. Not just number—a mirror for change. 🪞

“No one wakes up thinking they want a biological age test,” says Michael Geer, co-founder of Humanity. “But once they get one, they change their behavior.”

Northwestern Medicine says biological age is one of the biggest risk factors for chronic disease. Similarly, Geer clarifies that it actually measures your probability of getting a disease—which is why a 21-year-old naturally has a lower risk of getting disease compared with a 60-year-old.

That matters. 90% percent of America's $4.5 trillion healthcare costs goes to chronic disease (not aging), while 80% of them remain preventable through lifestyle and environment.

AI and advanced epigenetic tools are also making it easier to act sooner.

Dr. Matthew Dawson, founder of Wild Health and CEO of TruDiagnostic, says we have the tech to diagnose most chronic diseases with a few drops of blood—for under $100.

This new diagnostic is effective because it has a good Area Under the Curve (which he considers to be “the best single number of efficacy”), BUT most other biological clocks aren’t so effective, Dawson warns.

They can be:

🐭 Much of longevity science also leans on stuff we’ve seen in mice, says Alexandra Bause of Apollo Health Ventures, confirming something most of us already know: “Mouse biology is not the same [as human biology].”

Even Steve Horvath, developer of a notable biological test called the GrimAge clock, told NPR that AI-based cardiovascular health and retina health assessments might still be better predictors of healthspan.

And with so much data, consumers are left to wonder: “What do I actually with this information?”

Longevity clinics might add to that answer—but only if we can even define what that means.

One of the trickle-downs of advanced diagnostics are longevity clinics, specialized facilities offering personalized, emotionally-resonant, and experiential healthcare services. 

⚡ Clinics like Fountain Life and European Health Center build protocols based on genomics, microbiome tests, light therapies, performance testing, deep body scans, and other comprehensive services to ultimately boost health span—years of good health—and quality of life.

Clinics are also popping up at a time when we are experiencing a 12-year gap between health span and lifespan in developed nations, says Joanna Bensz, CEO and founder of Longevity Centre Europe.

“Patients expect hospitality as medicine,” says Faye Mythen of Reborn Longevity Ltd, a London-based luxury aesthetic & wellness clinic.

But there’s a disconnect. At a conference for extending human lifespan, only around 50% of attendees have been to a longevity clinic, based on an in-house show of hands. 🫣

In fact, there are not standards for defining a longevity clinic, Bensz says; this highlights the need for greater understanding of the fundamentals of aging and clinically-proven results, and more standardized practices.

A lack of regulations adds to the confusion. There are no FDA-approved treatments approved to treat aging itself, so much of the current science, technologies, and protocols have been adapted from other conditions.

Nevertheless, these clinics and novel healthcare modalities are signaling a growing awareness that health is multi-faceted and we have access to promising tools that slow aging.

Dr. Eric Morgan of BioAge mentions the concept of ‘Human biology first,’ or looking at longevity systems and therapies that work for as many people as possible—this could be part of healthcare’s evolution too.

💎 Healthcare clinics of the future are not just offering tests and prescribing general protocols. They’re offering guidance, hospitality, and relationships.

It’s fostering connections in the sciences, with one another, and with our data that drives new behaviors and better systems.

📏 Start with diagnostics: Experts suggest certain tests linked to long-term health:

🫴 Invest early: Much of the funding in longevity comes from people who are interested in it. Diagnostics startups and clinics are seeking early-stage capital.

👭 Stay connected: Talk to your doctor, get to know your body, and find your tribe. The people who you spend time with directly influence your health.

🥦 Stick to what works: Sleep, diet, exercise. They are unanimously the most powerful longevity tools.

🧬 Know what’s coming: 

And though many things are not available yet (I enjoyed Geer’s vision of free biological age tests with blood work), they are developing fast.

It’s exciting to dream of hitting 300 one day, but it’s still about feeling better, right now. This healthier, disease-free future is becoming a reality with better science, clinics, wearables, blood tests, and behavior.

💪 Continue to focus on what works–diet, fitness, and sleep. Build daily habits that make you feel good today, look at the data, build a healthy support system, and prepare for an exciting future.

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Until next time,

Erin

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