
Ginkgo Bioworks
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Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
This list has 15 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 3 of them are hiring right now. Largest teams: Ginkgo Bioworks, Volta Labs, Inc., and Nextera Robotics | DIDGE.ai. Latest round: Finwave Semiconductor raised $15.5M (Oct 8, 2026).

What they do:
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Unlocking the utility of genomics for the world.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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AI-native Robotics
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Making 'REAL' Cow and Human Milk!
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Gen-AI Designed Enzymes for Pharmaceutical Innovation
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Metal manufacturing, faster, cheaper, and more versatile.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Using DNA to store data.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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USA-made magnetics for robotics and defense.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Robotic Training Data at Scale
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Robots for the inspection and maintenance of data centers
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Life sciences reagents and software
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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AI-controlled optical switching for AI clusters
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
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HQ: Waltham, MA, United States
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$15.5M · Equity · Oct 2026
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HQ: Wellesley, MA, United States
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$7M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Groton, MA, United States
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$1.29M · Equity · Apr 2026
There are 15 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
3 of them are hiring right now, including Ginkgo Bioworks, Volta Labs, Inc., and Nextera Robotics | DIDGE.ai.
By team size: Ginkgo Bioworks (641 employees), Volta Labs, Inc. (50 employees), and Nextera Robotics | DIDGE.ai (20 employees).
Latest rounds: Finwave Semiconductor — $15.5M Equity (Oct 2026), Talon Precision Industries — $7M Equity (Apr 2026), and Insco — $1.29M Equity (Apr 2026).