Frontier tech, by field

17 technologies · 521 events

Companies in frontier tech

24 of 403 companies

Large companyUSSep 16, 2026

NVIDIA

Supplies the Isaac GR00T humanoid models, simulation tools and Jetson Thor robot computers.

Humanoid robots, Photonics, Synthetic biology, 6G wirelessnvidia.com
StartupFRAug 4, 2026

DNA Script

Makes the SYNTAX benchtop printer for enzymatic DNA synthesis.

Synthetic biologydnascript.com
StartupUSJul 14, 2026

Chai Discovery

Builds foundation models such as Chai-2 for de novo antibody and molecule design.

Synthetic biologychaidiscovery.com
StartupUSApr 28, 2026

Profluent

Uses protein language models to design gene editors such as the open-source OpenCRISPR-1.

Synthetic biologyprofluent.bio
Public companyUSFeb 26, 2026

Generate Biomedicines

Designs protein and antibody drugs with generative AI; listed on Nasdaq as GENB.

Synthetic biologygeneratebiomedicines.com
Large companyGBJan 5, 2026

Google DeepMind

Built GNoME, a deep learning tool that predicted 2.2 million new crystals.

Advanced materials, Humanoid robots, Synthetic biologydeepmind.google
Large companyUSNov 12, 2025

Microsoft

Built MatterGen for generative materials design and the Majorana 1 topoconductor chip.

Advanced materials, Quantum computing, Synthetic biologymicrosoft.com
StartupUSOct 22, 2025

Ansa Biotechnologies

Sells custom DNA made with enzymatic synthesis.

Synthetic biologyansabio.com
StartupGBJul 31, 2025

Constructive Bio

Synthetic genomics company recoding cells to make peptides and proteins with non-canonical amino acids.

Synthetic biologyconstructive.bio
StartupGBJul 22, 2025

Latent Labs

Builds Latent-X generative models for protein binder and antibody design.

Synthetic biologylatentlabs.com
StartupGBMar 31, 2025

Isomorphic Labs

Alphabet spinout using AlphaFold-derived models to design drugs.

Synthetic biologyisomorphiclabs.com
StartupUSMar 4, 2025

Colossal Biosciences

Uses multiplex genome editing for de-extinction and species conservation.

Synthetic biologycolossal.com
StartupUSNov 14, 2024

Solugen

Makes industrial chemicals with enzymes and metal catalysts at Bioforge plants.

Synthetic biologysolugen.com
StartupUSJun 25, 2024

EvolutionaryScale

Builds the ESM3 protein language model that generated a new green fluorescent protein.

Synthetic biologyevolutionaryscale.ai
StartupUSApr 24, 2024

Xaira Therapeutics

AI drug discovery company launched with $1B to design protein and antibody drugs with generative models.

Synthetic biologyxaira.com
Public companyUS

Absci

Designs antibody drugs with a generative AI drug creation platform.

Synthetic biologyabsci.com
StartupUS

Arzeda

Designs new enzymes and proteins and manufactures them at scale; co-founded by David Baker.

Synthetic biologyarzeda.com
StartupUS

Asimov

Genetic design tools, engineered cells and software for making biologics.

Synthetic biologyasimov.com
StartupGB

Basecamp Research

Collects biodiversity sequence data worldwide to train AI models for designing therapeutics.

Synthetic biologybasecamp-research.com
StartupNL

Cradle

Software that uses machine learning to guide protein engineering campaigns in the lab.

Synthetic biologycradle.bio
StartupUS

Elegen

Makes long clonal DNA with a cell-free gene synthesis process called ENFINIA.

Synthetic biologyelegenbio.com
Public companyUS

Ginkgo Bioworks

Cell engineering and lab automation company offering autonomous labs for biotechnology.

Synthetic biologyginkgobioworks.com
Public companyDK

Novonesis

Large maker of enzymes and microbial biosolutions for industry.

Synthetic biologynovonesis.com
Public companyUS

Twist Bioscience

Makes synthetic DNA at scale on a silicon-based synthesis platform.

Synthetic biologytwistbioscience.com