  We propose a class of scalar models that, once coupled to gravity, lead to
cosmologies that smoothly and stably connect an inflationary quasi-de Sitter
universe to a low, or even zero-curvature, maximally symmetric spacetime in the
asymptotic past, strongly violating the null energy condition ($\dot H\gg H^2$)
at intermediate times. The models are deformations of the conformal galileon
lagrangian and are therefore based on symmetries, both exact and approximate,
that ensure the quantum robustness of the whole picture. The resulting
cosmological backgrounds can be viewed as regularized extensions of the
galilean genesis scenario, or, equivalently, as `early-time-complete'
realizations of inflation. The late-time inflationary dynamics possesses
phenomenologically interesting properties: it can produce a large
tensor-to-scalar ratio within the regime of validity of the effective field
theory and can lead to sizeable equilateral nongaussianities.
