Theme
Public companyVertical + EnterpriseGrowth

Ginkgo Bioworks

Ginkgo Bioworks is trying to turn its large biological foundry and data engine into a durable AI advantage for biological design, drug discovery, and engineered-organism workflows.

HQ

Boston, US

Founded

2008

Region

North America

Current snapshot

Lifecycle position

Research

New work, prototypes, or early papers.

Preview

Selective access, early demos, or limited pilots.

Growth

Repeatable distribution, partnerships, or ecosystem pull.

Current position

Deployment

Wide production use and durable market presence.

Founded

2008

Watch cadence

Weekly

Last verified

2026-03-31

Focus

Biological design and model-driven organism engineering

Latest move

Trying to translate long-built biological infrastructure into defensible AI leverage.

Category and subcategory context

Academic + NonprofitBiotechVertical + Enterprise

Competitive context

RecursionAbsciSchrodinger

Recent models

protein design modelscell-programming modelsbiological foundation models

Products

Ginkgo Datapoints

Open weights

No

API access

No

Watch level

Weekly

Signals

Synthetic biologyWet labPlatform

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