POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Jeff Boerneke and Christian Waage,
signing singly, with full power of substitution, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on
the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the
SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Gossamer Bio, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
and/or 10% holder of the Company's capital stock, Forms 3,
4, and 5 and any amendments thereto in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 4th day of December 2023.
Signature: /s/ Robert Paul Smith Jr.
Print Name: Robert Paul Smith Jr.