Meet the people who want peptides to be made in America

<figure> <img alt="A US military ship docked in a harbor" data-caption="The SS Jeremiah O’Brien, a WWII ship/peptide party location. | Photo: Haus Fund" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Haus Fund" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/SS-Jeremiah-3.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The SS Jeremiah O’Brien, a WWII ship/peptide party location. | Photo: Haus Fund </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This is</em> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/optimizer-newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Optimizer</a><em>, a weekly newsletter sent from</em> Verge <em>senior reviewer</em> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Victoria Song</em></a> <em>that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. We'll be taking a break next week and will be back on November 25th. Opt in for</em> Optimizer <em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em></p> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">The SS Jeremiah O'Brien is a World War II Liberty ship. The hulking vessel was built in 56 days. It made 11 trips to Normandy, France, to supply the Allied powers in the fight against German U-boats. Last week, it was the site of a black-tie peptide party thrown by a trio of Gen Z venture capitalists.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Roughly 150 people attended the event, where four types of …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/column/1032243/peptides-american-manufacturing-maha">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>