$THE-PEPTIDE-REPORT · Dr. Karan and Steven Burke launch independent peptide education media brand targeting $130B GLP-1 TAM

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Dr. Karan and Steven Burke launch independent peptide education media brand targeting $130B GLP-1 TAM

2026-05-21 · 3 company · 4 thematic

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jeff romer

Founder and CEO of Ohm, a platform connecting creators with startups for equity-based distribution. Previously built a media entertainment business from a second bedroom to 200+ people with film division, talent agency, and celebrity podcasts (Mike Tyson, Kevin Hart, Deion Sanders), exited to a public company. Active angel investor who identified the misalignment between creators paid for promotion and founders needing aligned partners.

dr. karan

Doctor and surgeon who has made online health education content for 16 years (since YouTube 2010), amassing 12M+ followers. Co-founder of The Peptide Report, an independent science-first weekly on peptides/GLP-1s. Focuses on metabolic health, harm reduction, and decentralizing medical knowledge.

jess butcher

Serial entrepreneur; co-founder of The New Punk movement and Scrollbar app. Partnered with 24-year-old creator Hamdi to build an attention-reclamation ecosystem including friction-based screen-time tools, physical products (Punk Pocket), newsletters, podcasts, and events.

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“I'm creating it, The Peptide Report, a free, independent, science-first weekly covering clinical trials, FDA regulation, new biotech, safety signals, emerging research, and interviews with the people who actually know, experts, not people…”

—dr. karan

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