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Kern Systems is a Boston-area deep-tech biotech startup building synthetic-DNA cold archival storage for rarely accessed data, aiming for higher density, durability, and lower energy use than conventional storage.
Primary product
DNA-based cold data storage platform
Founded
2019
Headquarters
127 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
DNA data storage / synthetic biology
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed / accelerator-backed
Total raised
$275K
Latest round
Incubator/Accelerator · Oct 2022
Oct 2022 · Launch Lab X
Jan 2021
Sep 2019
Aug 2019 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder, Professor at Harvard / MIT
Co-Founder, Advisor
Vitor Pinheiro
Scientific Advisor
Jonathan Teutenberg
Software, Algorithms
Nava Whiteford
Software/Hardware, Advisor
Small, interdisciplinary research-heavy team spanning enzyme engineering, chemistry, hardware engineering, information theory, and business development.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors