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Demographics & society
Stop the collapse of family formation before it compounds.
Total fertility rates have fallen below replacement in nearly every developed economy and most of the rest of the world. Once the trend sets in it compounds — fewer children means fewer future parents. The agenda spans childcare infrastructure, housing affordability, family-formation incentives, and reproductive technology to make the choice tractable.
Problems in this sector
2 rankedEvery developed country is below replacement. Under-counted by EA and e/acc. Civilizationally large.
The US Surgeon General called it an epidemic. Mortality effect equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Companies on it
8 mapped →In-vitro gametogenesis, generating eggs from stem cells. Directly addresses age-related fertility decline.
Engineered ovarian cells to improve IVF and delay menopause. Clinical-stage trials underway.
Women-focused fertility clinic network, IVF, egg freezing, family planning. Direct-to-employer model.
At-home male fertility testing and sperm freezing. Sperm quality has fallen ~50% in 40 years; market lagging.
Event-planning app that has become the default for in-person Gen-Z gatherings. Small but direct attack on atomization.
Weekly dinners with five strangers in your city, matched by algorithm. Operating in 200+ cities worldwide.
AI mental-health companion with over 6 million users globally. NHS and employer contracts for scaled access.
Asynchronous video messaging to maintain real relationships over distance. Anti-algorithm social.