No, founders are not adopting Bryan Johnson’s regimen to reverse aging. Quite the opposite: the average founder raising capital ages six months every year.

I suspect founder age has been increasing steadily for three reasons. First, venture capital has shifted toward AI, which grew from roughly 10 % to 60 % of investment in just three years.[2] AI founders skew older. Many AI labs are started by PhDs who spent extended periods in school & often come from industry, commercializing initiatives from major labs or hyperscalers.

Second, the shift toward B2B rewards experience. B2B founders benefit from established relationships with potential team members, design partners & expertise selling to enterprises. These networks take years to build.

Third, press coverage distorts perception. Media tends to spotlight younger founders pursuing product‑led growth or consumer strategies. The Cursor team, fresh from MIT, captures the zeitgeist. But there are many founders who grow up within an industry & then go out to upend it.

Perhaps venture capitalists should start funding reverse aging programs. If this trend holds, the typical founder will be a decade older in 20 years.

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1. Methodology: Data collected through systematic web search & aggregation of publicly available founder information. Analysis focuses on median trends to reduce sensitivity to outliers. Time series analysis identifies cyclical patterns in the data.↩︎

2. PitchBook Q1 2025 data shows AI captured 58 % of global venture capital in Q1 2025, up from roughly 14 % in 2020.↩︎