California Life Company
E184181
American company
aging research organization
biotechnology company
research and development company
subsidiary
California Life Company, commonly known as Calico, is a research and development biotech firm founded by Google to study aging and develop therapies to extend human lifespan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Life Company canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1633895 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Life Company Context triple: [Calico LLC, alsoKnownAs, California Life Company]
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A.
Protective Life Corporation
Protective Life Corporation is a U.S.-based insurance and financial services company known for offering life insurance, annuities, and asset protection products.
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B.
Transamerica Corporation
Transamerica Corporation is a major American financial services company best known for its life insurance, investment, and retirement products and its iconic association with the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco.
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C.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company was a major American life insurance firm based in Boston, known for its prominent role in the financial services industry and for sponsoring landmark real estate developments.
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D.
Aon Corporation
Aon Corporation is a global professional services firm specializing in risk management, insurance brokerage, and human capital consulting.
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E.
Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial is a Canadian-based international financial services company best known for its life insurance, wealth management, and retirement solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Life Company Target entity description: California Life Company, commonly known as Calico, is a research and development biotech firm founded by Google to study aging and develop therapies to extend human lifespan.
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A.
Protective Life Corporation
Protective Life Corporation is a U.S.-based insurance and financial services company known for offering life insurance, annuities, and asset protection products.
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B.
Transamerica Corporation
Transamerica Corporation is a major American financial services company best known for its life insurance, investment, and retirement products and its iconic association with the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco.
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C.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company was a major American life insurance firm based in Boston, known for its prominent role in the financial services industry and for sponsoring landmark real estate developments.
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D.
Aon Corporation
Aon Corporation is a global professional services firm specializing in risk management, insurance brokerage, and human capital consulting.
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E.
Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial is a Canadian-based international financial services company best known for its life insurance, wealth management, and retirement solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
ⓘ
aging research organization ⓘ biotechnology company ⓘ research and development company ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | AbbVie ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
age-related diseases
ⓘ
aging ⓘ human lifespan extension ⓘ longevity ⓘ translational research ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Google Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Google
Larry Page ⓘ Sergey Brin ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Calico
ⓘ
Calico Labs ⓘ
linked to:
Calico LLC
|
| hasBusinessModel | long-term research investment ⓘ |
| hasLongTermObjective |
increase human healthspan
ⓘ
translate basic aging biology into therapies ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://calicolabs.com ⓘ |
| hasPartnershipType | R&D collaboration with AbbVie ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
age-related fibrosis
ⓘ
cancer and aging ⓘ cell biology of aging ⓘ metabolism and aging ⓘ neurodegeneration ⓘ |
| hasResearchGoal |
develop interventions to slow aging
ⓘ
develop therapies to extend healthy human lifespan ⓘ prevent age-related diseases ⓘ understand the biology of aging ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
South San Francisco, California
ⓘ
linked to:
South San Francisco
|
| industry |
biotechnology
ⓘ
life sciences ⓘ pharmaceuticals ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Alphabet life sciences portfolio ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Arthur D. Levinson ⓘ |
| keyPersonRole |
chief executive officer
ⓘ
founding CEO ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| locatedInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Alphabet Inc. ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
biomedical research
ⓘ
computational biology ⓘ drug discovery ⓘ genomics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Life Company Description of subject: California Life Company, commonly known as Calico, is a research and development biotech firm founded by Google to study aging and develop therapies to extend human lifespan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.