A former senior scientist said her role at Kernal Biologics was affected by company-wide layoffs in 2024.
SourceKernal is creating mRNA 2.0 therapies that work in specific cells
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Cambridge-based venture-backed biotech developing AI-designed, cell-selective mRNA-LNP therapeutics ('mRNA 2.0') for in vivo cell therapy, including CAR-T programming, and licensing the platform for non-oncology uses.
Primary product
mRNA 2.0 platform and KR-402 in vivo CAR-T program
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
mRNA therapeutics / in vivo cell therapy
Offices
4 jobs at Kernal Biologics
Business model
Stage
Series A + non-dilutive grant funding
Total raised
$73.1M
Latest round
ARPA-H EMBODY grant · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$48M
Leadership
CEO & Co-founder
President & Co-founder
SVP, Head of R&D Therapeutics
Chief Financial Officer
Balkrishen Bhat
Head of LNP Chemistry
Head of Platform & Co-founder
Investors
Multidisciplinary, creative, problem-solving, science-driven, and explicitly diversity/equal-opportunity oriented.
Compensation
No public salary bands found; roles emphasize competitive benefits and mission-driven work.
Benefits
Pricing
Technology licensing for non-oncology applications plus development-stage internal therapeutics; no public list pricing.
Differentiators
Technology
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
2.6K
Traffic estimate as of Nov 2024
A former senior scientist said her role at Kernal Biologics was affected by company-wide layoffs in 2024.
SourceBusiness Wire · Apr 2026
Kernal Bio said it will present new ASGCT 2026 data on its AI-driven mRNA 2.0 platform, including cell-selective translation, in situ CAR-T programming, and T-cell-targeted LNPs.
BioSpace · Oct 2025
ARPA-H awarded Kernal Bio up to $48 million for KR-402, an in vivo CAR T-cell therapy program, with collaborators Stanford, Dana-Farber, and The Jackson Laboratory.
Business Wire · Oct 2025
Kernal Bio said it relocated to Lilly Gateway Labs in Boston, kept strategic independence, and highlighted kernaLM and NVIDIA Inception support.
Kernal Biologics · Aug 2025
The company said it joined NVIDIA Inception to use GPU infrastructure, NVIDIA RAPIDS, and BioNeMo for AI-driven mRNA design and research.
PR Newswire · Jul 2022
Kernal Bio closed a $25 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures, with participation from Amgen Ventures, HBM Genomics, and Civilization Ventures, to advance KR-335 and the mRNA 2.0 platform.