Deepinder Goyal, the founder and CEO of Zomato, has entered a new frontier — the science of life itself. His latest project, Continue Research, is a $25 million global fund dedicated to understanding the biological mechanisms of aging and finding ways to extend human function and healthspan. Unlike traditional longevity ventures, Continue is not about escaping death but about transforming how humanity thinks, plans, and lives.
The vision behind Continue
Goyal’s idea for Continue began two years ago as a quiet experiment. The premise was simple yet profound — if the human body is a system, can we identify leverage points that influence how it ages? His research team, initially skeptical, discovered what he describes as a “penny-drop insight” into human aging that could reshape biology’s understanding of time and function.
In an essay on Continue’s website, Goyal writes that the goal is not immortality but evolution of mindset. “If we lived longer, we’d think longer,” he notes, calling out humanity’s “mayfly mentality” , a tendency to make short-sighted decisions because of limited lifespans. His hope is that longer, healthier lives would push civilization toward long-term thinking, sustainability, and collective wisdom.
Building a laboratory for conscious evolution
Continue Research operates on the philosophy of “conscious evolution” — the belief that humanity can accelerate its own biological progress rather than waiting for natural evolution to take its course. The initiative focuses on upstream biological systems — fundamental mechanisms that influence multiple cellular functions simultaneously.
Unlike many longevity startups that rely on supplements, personal health tracking, or closed research, Continue takes a transparent and collaborative approach. Every experiment, success, or failure funded through the initiative will be made open-source. Goyal describes Continue as “a research team plus a seed fund for the next phase of human existence,” emphasizing that science should advance collectively rather than competitively.
The $25 million fund and its mission
Continue Research is entirely funded by Goyal’s personal wealth, with $25 million set aside to support scientists worldwide. The initiative offers two funding tracks — smaller Moonshot grants for high-risk, early-stage projects, and larger Deep Dive investments for long-term studies aimed at validating breakthrough biological hypotheses.
What makes Continue unique is its commitment to transparency. Every outcome, whether successful or not, will be published publicly to encourage global collaboration. By supporting scientists who challenge traditional thinking about aging, Goyal hopes to spark a decentralized movement in longevity research.
The philosophy of time
At the heart of Continue’s mission is a radical rethinking of time itself. Goyal argues that the shortness of human life drives most of civilization’s worst instincts — short political cycles, unsustainable consumption, and underinvestment in knowledge and science. Extend human function beyond a century, he believes, and our collective behavior will evolve.
The Continue manifesto imagines a world where patience becomes a virtue, governments plan across generations, and families span multiple centuries. “Climate laws would be written by people expecting to live under them,” it states. The idea reframes longevity as a path to responsibility rather than personal gain.
A long road ahead
Goyal calls Continue a “multi-decadal journey,” acknowledging that its discoveries may not benefit today’s generation. Yet, he insists it’s humanity’s moral duty to begin this work now. “For the first time in history, a species can choose what it becomes next — and we choose to try,” he writes.
With Continue, Deepinder Goyal is evolving from entrepreneur to philosopher-investor, blending science and vision in a quest to expand not just human life, but human awareness. What started as curiosity about aging has become a blueprint for reimagining civilization itself — one that seeks not eternal life, but wiser living.
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