# Tom Benson

> Tom Benson is the founder and CEO of Mitrix Bio, a Pleasanton, California biotech building toward whole-body mitochondrial transplantation. A serial software, hardware, and science entrepreneur, he managed the Linac Coherent Light Source femtosecond X-ray laser at Stanford's SLAC before turning his attention to the cell's power plants. His pitch is audacious and specific: grow young mitochondria from a person's own stem cells in a bioreactor, then transfuse them back to restore cellular energy and push the human lifespan toward 130 years.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Mitrix Bio
- **Organizations:** Mitrix Bio, Timepoint Corporation / Timepoint Capital, Readybot, Scott Systems, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) - LCLS
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Founded four startups across software, hardware, and science before Mitrix Bio, Managed the Linac Coherent Light Source, one of the world's most powerful X-ray free-electron lasers, at SLAC, Secured the first investment from the R42 AI and Longevity Fund

## Career timeline

- **earlier** — Founded multiple software, hardware, and science startups including Timepoint Corporation, Readybot, and Scott Systems
- **at SLAC** — Managed the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) femtosecond free-electron laser at Stanford's SLAC; developed interest in imaging mitochondria via X-ray crystallography and Cryo-EM
- **founding** — Founded Mitrix Bio to pursue mitochondrial transplantation as an anti-aging therapy
- **2022** — Presented 'Mitochondrial Transplantation Solves Mitochondrial Aging' at the EARD 2022 conference
- **early stage** — Raised $250,000 pre-seed split between R42 AI and Longevity Fund (Ronjon Nag) and Longevity Tech Fund (Petr Sramek)
- **2025** — Appeared on Live Longer World and Dave Asprey's Human Upgrade podcast; Mitrix moving toward clinical access pathways

## Achievements

- Founded four startups across software, hardware, and science before Mitrix Bio
- Managed the Linac Coherent Light Source, one of the world's most powerful X-ray free-electron lasers, at SLAC
- Secured the first investment from the R42 AI and Longevity Fund
- Built a research network including scientists at the University of Manitoba and University of Kentucky
- Reported making a mouse immune system functionally younger by the equivalent of roughly 30 years

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Appeared on the Live Longer World podcast discussing early trial results and mitochondrial science
- **2025** — Featured on Dave Asprey's Human Upgrade podcast on Mitrix and mitochondrial longevity tools
- **2025** — Mitrix reported moving mitochondrial transplantation toward clinical access pathways and mitochondrial DNA testing

## Links

- Website: https://mitrix.bio
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-b-29236a6
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PathfinderEq
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KonKMqMatkY

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Last updated: 2026-06-21