“I was sitting in the library, studying for a biology exam in high school, and drawing up these little characters while doing practice problems on Punnett squares. And I remember thinking that the concept would be so awesome as a game. You could have these animals with different traits that could be crossed, and you explore an open world where everyone would have their own unique creature. Like the game Spore. That idea made me want to create the game and I actually made a very basic version of it as one of my projects in school – just a little prokaryote swimming around and collecting food. Got full marks. And, of course, for me to make this evolution game, I had to learn how to code. So, really, learning about genetics turned out to be one of the most pivotal moments in my life. Because it led me to coding, and coding is my whole world today. I really do enjoy it. But if I ever found myself with infinite money and didn’t have to work, I think I’d go back to uni and do degrees in genetics and maths. There’s still so much I want to learn.”
Portant is a no-code document automation startup that deletes repetition from people’s workday.