What it sells
Using DNA to store data.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedEnterprises/cloud archive operators with large cold data (inferred).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Data generation outgrowing storage; about 80% unstructured and rarely accessed cold data.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Encode bits into synthetic DNA with enzymes and software for archival storage and read back.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Cold storage platform claimed to store more, cost less, last longer than conventional media; no figures.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2019 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.