Ep #21 | WTF is Longevity? | Nikhil ft. Nithin Kamath, Bryan Johnson, Prashanth, Jitendra & Seema

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

February 2, 2025

Duration

3h 29m

Channel

Nikhil Kamath

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this conversation, we seem to be headed towards more questions than answers.. but perhaps questions that need to be asked. Most importantly... Where is Health & Wellness headed? In this episode of WTF is Podcast, we have Nithin, Prashanth, Jitendra, Seema and Bryan uncover many such questions/concerns, trying to determine what is next in this space of Heath & Longevity. As AI progresses, I wonder if tomorrow, an algorithm is built to tell us how to live our life the best... would we accept that integration? How far are we willing to go to live longer or perhaps "forever"? Disclaimer - Timestamp 22:11 'Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs' Chart - Physiological Needs* #NikhilKamath Co-founder of Zerodha and Gruhas Host of 'WTF is' & 'People By WTF' Podcast Twitter: https://x.com/nikhilkamathcio/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikhilkamathcio/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilkamathcio?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikhilkamathcio/ #NithinKamath - Founder, CEO Zerodha, Rainmatter Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nithinkamath/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nithin.kamath/ Twitter - https://x.com/Nithin0dha Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nithin-kamath #BryanJohnson - Founder & CEO of Blueprint Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bryanjohnson_/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089952947799 Twitter - https://x.com/bryan_johnson Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanrjohnson/ #PrashanthPrakash - Founding Partner of Accel India, Founder BioPeak & Longevity India Twitter - https://x.com/prashanthp Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakashprashanth https://www.biopeak.com/ #JitendraChouksey - Founder, FITTR Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fittrwithjc/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jitendra.chouksey.7/ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitendrachouksey/ Special Appearance - #SeemaKamath, Director at Zerodha 00:00 - Introduction 00:56 - Air Quality & Blue Zones 5:39 - Bryan’s Lifestyle 09:20 - Roundtable Introductions 12:14 - Future of Medical Innovations 16:25 - Understanding Bio Transformations, Enzymatic Reactions 19:03 - Bryan’s Early Days 27:20 - Bryan’s journey into understanding Longevity 32:18 - Understanding Health Supplements 43:10 - Thought experiment 1: the algorithm 46:13 - Thought experiment 2: the 25th century 54:30 - Thought experiment 3: enabling an intelligence 1:03:00 - WTF is ‘Don’t Die’? 1:20:28 - Testing & Supplementation 1:26:50 - Business Opps in Testing & Supplementation 1:35:17 - 10 years from now, what’s Bryan's goal? 1:38:37 - Food Break! 1:39:35 - Air Quality Index (AQI) - Massive Opportunities 1:46:05 - Lifestyle Management Opps | Fittr 1:50:00 - Consumer Diagnostics Opps | BioPeak 1:59:16 - Building India Focused Datasets 2:13:33 - Influencers in the Longevity space 2:20:53 - Cancer Recurrence Detection 2:34:12 - Health Gadgets 2:39:40 - Longevity Supplements Opps & Growth Hormones 3:06:55 - Regenerative Medicine 3:10:30 - Where’s the next big opportunity? 3:15:13 - Bonus Round: Women’s Reproductive Health 3:21:28 - If men live forever and women can't give birth beyond 35 - Where's the future? #WTFiswithnikhilkamath #PeopleByWTF

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Nikhil Kamath

  host

• Prashanth Prakash

  guest

• Jitendra Chouksey

  guest

• Seema Kamath

  cameo

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Nikhil Kamath, featuring Nikhil Kamath and Prashanth Prakash, Ep #21 | WTF is Longevity? | Nikhil ft. Nithin Kamath, Bryan Johnson, Prashanth, Jitendra & Seema explores longevity meets India: data-driven health, air quality, business opportunities, AI ethics Nikhil Kamath convenes Bryan Johnson and Indian health/VC voices to answer two practical questions: what to put in your body, and where to build businesses in health. The conversation starts with Mumbai’s PM2.5 and expands into a broader thesis: modern health is best approached via continuous measurement, longitudinal datasets, and evidence-driven iteration rather than guru advice.

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