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Radha Agrawal

Mikael Kågebäck wears a light button-up shirt and sits against a softly blurred indoor background. He has a shaved head with a reddish-brown beard.

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William J. Kole, author of “The Big 100: The New World of Super-Aging”

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Nahid de Belgeonne, somatic movement educator and author

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EJ Kim and Marina Pen, co-founders, Nnabi

A woman with long dark hair wearing a white jacket covered in graffiti and a grey broad brimmed hat smiles looking off camera

Radha Agrawal, cofounder and CEO, Daybreaker

A white man with blue eyes and light blonde hair looks blankly into the camera. He wears a navy collared shirt.

Marcel van Brakel, Founder and Lead Designer at Polymorf

A woman with tan skin and dark hair parted down the middle rests her face on her left fist and gazes into the camera.

Stephanie Lee, founder and CEO of Selfmade

A woman with light skin and blonde hair faces the camera and looks at a harvested root, blurred in the foreground.

Flexivores

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Krista Kim and Peter Martin, co-creators of the 0RB System

A white man with dark short hair, a dark beard, and blue eyes smiles into the camera. He wears a white shirt and stands in front of a cream colored background.

David Rodolitz, Founder and CEO of VCR Group and Flyfish Club

A man with light skin and a brown beard wearing a black hat that reads "MoMA" wears a black sweatshirt, white pants, and several rings on his fingers. He sits on a black and white cushioned bench with one arm on a circular metal table.

George Yashin, co-founder and CEO of ZERO10

A photo of Kunho Kim, left, and Yiran Shu, right. The two are smiling, looking into the camera. Kunho wears metal-framed glasses and a blue T-shirt. Yiran wears a black hooded sweatshirt and a white T-Shirt. Both have dark hair and light skin.

DoorLabs co-founder and current advisor Kunho Kim and digital creator Yiran Shu

A man with dark short hair stands facing the camera, smiling. He wears a grey sweater with a blue and white checkered collar underneath.

Gary Liu, founder and CEO of Artifact Labs

Left: a white male with shoulder-length brown hair and a beard smiles at the camera wearing a grey cardigan over a white T-shirt. Right: a tan-skinned male with short black hair smiles at the camera with arms folded in a white cable-knit sweater.

Niche co-founders Christopher Gulczynski, CEO, and Zaven Nahapetyan, CTO

A white, older woman with short white hair smiles off-center at the camera. She wears a black shirt and blue gemstone earrings in front of a red background.

Tania Chambers, co-producer of "How to Please a Woman"