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Dear John,

When we started CZI eight years ago, we couldn’t have predicted exactly where we are now. But at every turn, our goal has been to leverage and advance technology to accelerate impact across science and education. We explored the problems that CZI — as a philanthropic organization with a builder mentality staffed with incredible scientists, educators, full-stack technology teams, and mission-driven people who power our work — was uniquely positioned to tackle. We call these CZI-shaped problems.

In our science work, this means we are focused on using AI to help accelerate scientists’ work to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of this century. In education, we’re exploring new ways to leverage our grantmaking and technology capabilities to co-build tools with teachers and students grounded in underutilized research and support whole child approaches to education.

So, thank you to our team and our family of partners. We are proud to have done important work in 2023 — and we are ready for the opportunities 2024 has to offer. 

With gratitude,

Co-Founders and Co-CEOs

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