# alexgodfrey.com — full machine-readable context Generated from the same public content used by the visual website. Profile facts were last verified 2026-09-01. # Alex Godfrey > Alex Godfrey is a member of technical staff at Sutter Hill Ventures, building at the intersection of AI and biotechnology with a focus on aging. - **Current role:** Member of Technical Staff at Sutter Hill Ventures - **Focus:** AI, biotechnology, and aging - **Profile last verified:** 2026-09-01 - [Visual homepage](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/) - [Résumé in Markdown](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/resume.md) - [Résumé PDF](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/resources/resume.pdf) ## Summary I studied mathematics, computer science, and neuroscience at Cornell University. Right now I'm building in AI x bio, specifically around aging. ## Experience ### SHV (Sutter Hill Ventures) - **Role:** Member of Technical Staff - **Location:** Palo Alto - **Dates:** 2025–present Sutter Hill Ventures employs a small internal engineering team to explore frontier technology and build products with portfolio companies. Alex has worked extensively on systems built around Model Context Protocol. Selected projects: - [AgentDB](https://agentdb.dev): Infrastructure for agent-accessible data. - [ChatDB](https://www.chatdb.io): A data exploration and visualization product. Portfolio-company collaborations: - [Ridge Biosciences](https://ridgebio.com) - [Integrated Biosciences](https://integratedbio.com) - [Run](https://run.so) - [Aria Networks](https://arianetworks.com) ### OneTwentyOne - **Role:** Founder and CEO - **Location:** Ithaca and San Francisco - **Dates:** 2023–present Alex founded OneTwentyOne after a personal blood test revealed an overlooked biomarker pattern. The company developed health-data analysis and synchronization infrastructure. In 2024, OneTwentyOne partnered with Michael Lustgarten, Ph.D., to build a biomarker analysis tool: - [Conquer](https://conquer.onetwentyone.ai): A biomarker analysis tool. ### Altum Labs - **Role:** API Architect → Technical Lead → CTO offer - **Location:** New York City - **Dates:** 2023 Alex designed and implemented a secure multi-tenant database and API that supported a 12-engineer product team. He later led nine web developers building Plantalysis, an online lab-testing marketplace, and was offered a full-time CTO position. - [Letter of recommendation from the CEO](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/resources/Letter%20of%20rec%20for%20Alex.pdf) ## Technical focus - PostgreSQL - AWS - Astro - Next.js - Tailwind CSS - React - TypeScript - Model Context Protocol - Health-data analysis and synchronization - Multi-tenant application architecture ## Writing - [What's the pH of a Redbull?](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/blog/red-bull): An 8oz can has 1g of taurine, and citric acid is higher on the ingredient list. ([Markdown alternate](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/blog/red-bull.md)) ## Contact - [Email](mailto:me@alexgodfrey.com): me@alexgodfrey.com - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgodfreyapi): linkedin.com/in/alexgodfreyapi - [GitHub](https://github.com/alexjamesgodfrey): github.com/alexjamesgodfrey ## Provenance The visual page, structured data, and machine-readable documents are generated from the same canonical profile data. --- # Alex Godfrey — Member of Technical Staff > Alex Godfrey is a member of technical staff at Sutter Hill Ventures, building at the intersection of AI and biotechnology with a focus on aging. - [Email](mailto:me@alexgodfrey.com): me@alexgodfrey.com - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgodfreyapi): linkedin.com/in/alexgodfreyapi - [GitHub](https://github.com/alexjamesgodfrey): github.com/alexjamesgodfrey - [Canonical profile](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/) - [Download the PDF résumé](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/resources/resume.pdf) - **Last verified:** 2026-09-01 ## Profile I studied mathematics, computer science, and neuroscience at Cornell University. Right now I'm building in AI x bio, specifically around aging. ## Experience ### SHV (Sutter Hill Ventures) - **Role:** Member of Technical Staff - **Location:** Palo Alto - **Dates:** 2025–present Sutter Hill Ventures employs a small internal engineering team to explore frontier technology and build products with portfolio companies. Alex has worked extensively on systems built around Model Context Protocol. Selected projects: - [AgentDB](https://agentdb.dev): Infrastructure for agent-accessible data. - [ChatDB](https://www.chatdb.io): A data exploration and visualization product. Portfolio-company collaborations: - [Ridge Biosciences](https://ridgebio.com) - [Integrated Biosciences](https://integratedbio.com) - [Run](https://run.so) - [Aria Networks](https://arianetworks.com) ### OneTwentyOne - **Role:** Founder and CEO - **Location:** Ithaca and San Francisco - **Dates:** 2023–present Alex founded OneTwentyOne after a personal blood test revealed an overlooked biomarker pattern. The company developed health-data analysis and synchronization infrastructure. In 2024, OneTwentyOne partnered with Michael Lustgarten, Ph.D., to build a biomarker analysis tool: - [Conquer](https://conquer.onetwentyone.ai): A biomarker analysis tool. ### Altum Labs - **Role:** API Architect → Technical Lead → CTO offer - **Location:** New York City - **Dates:** 2023 Alex designed and implemented a secure multi-tenant database and API that supported a 12-engineer product team. He later led nine web developers building Plantalysis, an online lab-testing marketplace, and was offered a full-time CTO position. - [Letter of recommendation from the CEO](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/resources/Letter%20of%20rec%20for%20Alex.pdf) ## Skills - PostgreSQL - AWS - Astro - Next.js - Tailwind CSS - React - TypeScript - Model Context Protocol - API and database architecture - Health-data infrastructure --- # Contact Alex Godfrey - [Email](mailto:me@alexgodfrey.com): me@alexgodfrey.com - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgodfreyapi): linkedin.com/in/alexgodfreyapi - [GitHub](https://github.com/alexjamesgodfrey): github.com/alexjamesgodfrey - [Canonical profile](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/) - [Résumé](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/resume.md) Email is the most direct contact method. No form submission or JavaScript is required. --- # Published writing # What's the pH of a Redbull? > An 8oz can has 1g of taurine, and citric acid is higher on the ingredient list. - **Author:** Alex Godfrey - **Published:** 2025-11-02 - **Updated:** 2025-11-02 - **Canonical page:** https://www.alexgodfrey.com/blog/red-bull An energy drink is a glorified supplement. It's the concoction that some manufacturer mass produces. It's not tailored to the individual. With that said, it's always interesting to see the what's in these things, as the ingredients inside say quite a lot about the target audience. For example, an Alani Nu has L-Theanine, and a Celsius doesn't. Make of that what you will. Since a lot of these things have proprietary blends (they shouldn't), and contain ingredients where it's not the law to list the amount (it should be the law), we have a few tricks up our sleeve to deduce what's in them, mainly the fact that **ingredients are listed in order of descending weight**. My office stocks Redbulls. One of the og's of the game. Redbull seems to be big on taurine for some reason. Since it's part of their marketing pitch I naturally thought that they'd list the amount of taurine on the can. At least on the one's in my office, they don't. Yet they say on their website that there's about a gram per 8.4oz can. But I noticed that citric acid is listed _above_ taurine on the ingredient list. That's over a gram of citric acid per 8oz can. Should be about a pH of 3 ☠️. Say goodbye to enamel (anything below 5.5 is detrimental). The funniest thing is that I noticed baking soda on the ingredient list as well. Haven't seen that one in an energy drink before, so the people at Redbull must have realized that their drink is so acidic that they better buffer it. Anyways, with my pH test strips, it does seem like it's a pH of between 3 and 4. So use a straw if you ever drink it. (Regardless, any carbonated beverage should be drank with a straw, but this is particularly egregious) > Image: A pH test strip showing that Red Bull has a pH between 3 and 4. [View the image in the visual article](https://www.alexgodfrey.com/blog/red-bull).