MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovator of the Year, Sneha Goenka, has advanced ultrafast genome sequencing technology that delivers genetic diagnoses in under eight hours, a dramatic acceleration from standard multiweek timelines. Her innovations, developed at Princeton, leverage optimized computational pipelines and hardware architectures to enable rapid sequencing crucial in critical pediatric care. Goenka is cofounder and scientific lead of a company working to commercialize this breakthrough globally, promising transformative potential to save lives through timely diagnosis of severe genetic conditions.