What it sells
Robots that automate the everyday tasks of microbiologists.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
R&D and QC lab heads at agriculture, food and beverage, industrial and personal-care companies; SMB labs and enterprises.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Manual colony counting and documentation slow results and cause errors and inconsistency.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Smart incubator with timelapse imaging and high-throughput imaging device; software automates plate analysis, data capture and documentation for discovery and standardized QC assays.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
UnverifiedHardware plus cloud software (Discovery platform) and contract testing; pricing model not stated.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Demo-led (Book a demo, Talk to us), events, customer stories and ISO method content.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2021 | — | 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.