From Wallaby Milk to AI: Nora Khaldi on Decoding Nature’s Molecular Code

About this episode

Dr. Nora Khaldi discusses her journey from wallaby milk to founding Nuritas, an AI-powered molecular discovery platform.

In this episode, Mike sits down with Dr. Nora Khaldi, founder and CEO of Nuritas, to explore how a postdoctoral epiphany about wallaby milk led her to build one of the first AI-powered molecular discovery platforms in food. They discuss how Nuritas uses AI to uncover, validate, and scale molecules into clinically validated ingredients, why ingredient discovery has historically taken decades, and what she's learned over the past decade building Nuritas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Michael Wolf

Guest: Dr. Nora Khaldi

Topics covered

• AI in food
• molecular discovery
• ingredient validation
• wallaby milk
• entrepreneurship
• food technology

Keywords

• Nora Khaldi
• Nuritas
• AI
• molecular discovery
• food technology
• ingredient validation
• wallaby milk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nuritas, AI-powered molecular discovery platforms

Products: wallaby milk

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