Patina @patinaglobal is one of the coolest and most seminal @EarthlingVC portcos Even as a fund that's very focused on immersive computing (…

Patina @patinaglobal is one of the coolest and most seminal @EarthlingVC portcos Even as a fund that's very focused on immersive computing (i.e. physical computing) I've seen very, very few things going after the sense of smell (basically the overlooked of the 5 senses, so had to do it) Patina was also (incidentally) my first bio investment, made me bio-curious, and we've done a few more things in bio since while everyone seems to be focused on text, vision, and audio, i'm excited to be backing a company building a foundational model for smell 👃 that's right, they've: - mapped how olfactory receptors react to smells - can predict reactions to designed molecules - use this to mimic/…

Source: Yohei Nakajima (X) | 2026-05-23