Glowing Plant Is One of Y Combinator’s First Biotech Startups

I'm one of the founders of this project, and will be available to answer any questions you have.

This is pretty cool tech! I kicked in quite a while ago, and am still waiting for my seeds. While I grumbled a bit, I was given a chance to vote for spending more time for higher quality--which I did. I am looking forward to when I have more time to work on things like this.

What role did the DIYbio community play in fertilizing your business? What role do you see that community playing in future 'non-trad' bio-tech start-ups?

I'm interested to see the reactions this will garner from the anti-GMO crowd.

Just bought a seed packet. Very cool!<p>Will the plants produce seeds? Reproduce? Will the glow genes reappears in successive generations?

I funded this project on kickstart. Can&#x27;t wait to get the seeds.

I fear I know the answer to this already but just on the off chance -- is there any possibility these might be sold in Europe in the foreseeable future?

Kickstarter backer here. Have you considered teaming up with another KS project (Click and Grow)? They&#x27;ve got a neat &quot;self-watering&quot; plant setup:<p><a href="http://www.clickandgrow.com/smartpot" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.clickandgrow.com&#x2F;smartpot</a>

This seems a bit gimmicky, how does Glowing Plant thnk it&#x27;s business will fare compared to Glofish?<p><a href="http://www.glofish.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.glofish.com&#x2F;</a>

This is really cool.<p>I can&#x27;t wait to see what the next several decades bring in this space.

It&#x27;s all fun and games until a pet decides to eat it and gets sick or worse.