
Frank Li, founder and CEO of Stately Bio, joins us to unpack how AI-driven, label-free live-cell imaging is unlocking real-time insight into cell state and redefining what’s possible in regenerative medicine.
We discuss his journey from co-founding a mobile payments startup through roles at Palantir, Google Brain, and Calico, to building Stately Bio’s ML imaging platform, and how surprising predictive power emerges when you stream and analyze living cells at scale.
From three years in stealth to a $12M seed round, Frank shares lessons on bridging tech and biotech, building a world-class technical team, and applying AI to one of biology’s most complex frontiers.