House Select Committee Tours Ginkgo Bioworks, Previews Biofab1, Ginkgo's New Integrated Data Generation Facility Set to Launch in 2025
Ginkgo provided a tour of its expansive facility and discussed its unique position as a provider of services that facilitate applications of biotechnology in companies of all sizes across the economy.
- Ginkgo provided a tour of its expansive facility and discussed its unique position as a provider of services that facilitate applications of biotechnology in companies of all sizes across the economy.
- Biofab1 is expected to begin operations early next year and aims to significantly increase Ginkgo's capacity to generate biological data.
- Last summer, Ginkgo announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud aimed at leveraging Ginkgo's Foundry and large biological data assets to develop new, state-of-the-art LLMs.
- Ginkgo leadership shared with the visiting Committee its view that, like in other AI applications, leadership in the bioeconomy will necessitate leading in the development of these AI models.