Methuselah Foundation’s Post

2023, what a ride! As we see the year coming to an end, I will pause to reflect about my year tenure as the interim CEO of Eternal. First, it's been an honour to be the acting CEO this year. It is uncommon for a CFO to step up to the driving seat, and I want to thank Horacio Acerbo, who started the business, and the company board for trusting me to make the right calls even at difficult times. We were able to deliver results in exchange of that trust, that very few companies can claim. A short list below: - We won the 2nd phase of NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration deep space food challenge, ending ahead of amazing companies like Nature's Fynd. - We became finalists at the XPRIZE feed the next billion competition, putting us among only 5 companies able to create whole cut animal analogue (we are doing chicken breasts) with similar nutritional qualities and amazing flavour. - We scaled up our operation to start producing Mycofood® at a pace of hundreds of tons per month with as good a quality as what our labs achieved. - We kept investor confidence, even in an extremely adverse market, while the number of food companies trialing our ingredient kept growing by the day. My thanks to the team and supporters, Martín Blasco, Mark Fielding, Lucas Gago, Hernan Rodriguez, María Belén Bradanini, Julia Stanisz, Zafar Kanani, CFA, ACMA, CGMA, Pablo Facundo García, Generative Intelligence, Paola Díaz Dellavalle, Alejandro Antalich, Bingham and Jones, Marco Bertacca, Jim Laird, Celine Schiff-Deb, Sonny Chew, David Verbitsky, Joey van Koningsbruggen, Jason Fong, Methuselah Foundation, Pablo de León, Ph.D., Dane Gobel, Aito De la Rua, Phnam Bagley, ReLondon,Karl G., Bruce Singer CPA, CA, Paul Shapiro, Alex Shirazi, Jordan Giali, William Mounsey,Eero Vaara plus the many not on the list. LinkedIn is a bit too full of "humble bragging" but I am really proud this year I was able to work with amazingly smart people in making the world better. I am curious to see what new adventures 2024 brings, perhaps a project in low orbit, or new uses for artificial intelligence. If you are curious too, watch this space!