Will Tom Brady step into Jurassic Park with Tiger Woods in a bold $10B push to revive an extinct giant?

NFL GOAT Tom Brady and golf icon Tiger Woods are now playing in a very different arena—bankrolling a mind-blowing biotech mission to bring back the extinct moa, a 12-foot, 500-pound flightless bird straight out of prehistoric lore.

Their latest investment is in Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based startup that’s turning science fiction into reality. With the help of CRISPR gene editing, the company aims to resurrect the moa—gone for over 600 years—and reintroduce it to New Zealand’s wild.

Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, and billionaires fuel moa’s wild $10B resurrection push

Brady and Woods aren’t alone in this wild ride. They’re joined by Lakers and Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, who invested a massive $200 million into Colossal earlier this year.

That funding pushed the startup’s total to $435 million, skyrocketing its valuation past $10 billion.

Colossal has already made headlines for creating three dire wolf puppies by modifying gray wolf DNA—earning praise from Brady and Woods, who called it a “game-changer for conservation.” Now they’re betting on the moa as the next big breakthrough in synthetic biology.

From football fields to feathered giants

This isn’t Jurassic Park fiction—it’s real science. Harvard geneticist Dr. George Church is leading efforts to sequence ancient moa DNA using preserved bones and feathers. The plan is to implant genetically edited moa embryos into modern-day emus, who would act as living surrogates. Even Colossal co-founder Ben Lamm acknowledged the cinematic comparisons, saying: “It won’t end like Jurassic Park… That was a movie, right?”

Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, whose deep New Zealand roots bring major cultural credibility to the project.

Co-founder Ben Lamm emphasizes that this isn’t spectacle—it’s science: “We have a massive biodiversity crisis that we’re trying to solve… to re-wild once-extinct species,” he said in a Goldman Sachs talk.

Critics call it ‘playing God,’ fans call it the future

Not everyone’s cheering. Some scientists warn that de-extinction raises ethical red flags—from ecological risks to unknown genetic consequences. But supporters argue it’s bold thinking the planet needs to reverse environmental collapse.

“Our goal is to build an end-to-end scientific pipeline for de-extinction,” said Dr. Eriona Hysolli, Colossal’s head of biological sciences.Also read: Bears’ Jonathan Owens sparks social buzz with flirty Instagram move on Simone Biles' Belize photosThe company is also working on bringing back the woolly mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger, putting it at the forefront of the global de-extinction movement. With Brady and Woods backing the effort, the moa project has gone from a lab curiosity to a global headline. It’s part football legacy, part Jurassic fantasy—and may just redefine how everyone understand extinction, conservation, and the wild future of wildlife itself.