Roundtables: Meet the 2025 Innovator of the Year

Watch a subscriber-only conversation with Sneha Goenka, who designed the computations behind the world's fastest whole-genome sequencing method. Every year, MIT Technology Review selects one individual whose work we admire to recognize as Innovator of the Year. For 2025, we chose Sneha Goenka, who designed the computations behind the world's fastest whole-genome sequencing method . Thanks to her work, physicians can now sequence a patient's genome and diagnose a genetic condition in less than eight hours--an achievement that could transform medical care. Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that's over 30 years old Jessica Hamzelou Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that's over 30 years old The embryos were created in 1994, while the expectant father was still a toddler, and donated via a Christian "embryo adoption" agency.