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Overview
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
127 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134
202 Washington Street, Suite 330, Brookline, MA 02446 (alternate directory listing)
Business model
B2B deep-tech platform
Archival storage technology
Funding
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
People & investors
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
Work & culture
Small, interdisciplinary research-heavy team spanning enzyme engineering, chemistry, hardware engineering, information theory, and business development.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —Enzymatic DNA synthesis rather than traditional chemical synthesis
- —TdT/apyrase-based kinetic synthesis approach
- —Trit / transition-based encoding to reduce dependence on perfect synthesis
- —Optimized for cold archival storage rather than hot storage
- —Very high density and low-energy storage medium
Technology
synthetic DNA molecules
enzymes
cutting-edge software
TdT enzyme
apyrase
error-correction software
custom digital codecs
ternary / trit-based encoding
Customers
Organizations with large volumes of infrequently accessed unstructured data
Teams seeking long-term archival storage
Competitors
Catalog
DNA Script
Twist Bioscience
Molecular Assemblies
Ansa Biotechnologies
Scale & contact
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