Lamin Blog · Jul 2026
Introduces annbatch, a high-performance data loader for terabyte-scale omics training, with reported loading speeds of 60k samples/second and an emphasis on scaling AI workflows in biology.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Lamin is an open-source, zero-lock-in data platform for biology and multimodal AI. It helps teams query, trace, validate, and govern complex R&D datasets with lineage, context, and memory; the core product is LaminDB, a lineage-native lakehouse for biological data.
Primary product
LaminDB, a lineage-native lakehouse / open-source data infrastructure platform for biological R&D
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Biological data infrastructure / data management for life sciences
Offices
Munich, Germany
New York City, USA
Business model
open-source software
SaaS subscriptions
enterprise/on-prem deployments
freemium
Funding
Stage
pre-seed/seed
Latest round
Seed · Sep 2022
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & President
Co-CTO & Founding Engineer
Richard Sriworarat
Founding Full Stack Engineer
Founding Principal Engineer
Work & culture
Mission-driven, research-heavy, open-source culture focused on biology and reproducibility. Public pages emphasize zero lock-in, collaboration, and invitations to join the team, but no employee-benefit program is publicly disclosed.
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium with open-source core, self-serve SaaS plans, and custom enterprise/on-prem pricing.
Differentiators
- —Lineage-native lakehouse for biology
- —Open-source and zero-lock-in
- —Built for files, tables, arrays, ontologies, and notes
- —Supports biological data formats and registries
- —Git-like branching, versioning, and traceability
- —Zero-copy sharing across databases and storage
- —Works across Python, R, shell, and Nextflow
- —LaminHub adds collaboration and governance
Technology
Python
R
shell
Nextflow
Django ORM
PostgreSQL
SQLite
AWS S3
Google Cloud Platform
parquet
zarr
AnnData
MuData
SpatialData
Vitessce
GitHub
Git
LaminDB
LaminHub
Customers
Pfizer
Altos Labs
Ensocell Therapeutics
scverse
DZNE
Helmholtz Munich
Harvard
MIT
Stanford
ETH Zürich
Charité
University of Bonn
Mount Sinai
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
approximately $3M ARR (public estimate)
Latest news
Lamin Blog · Jun 2026
Describes a database mirror and zero-copy, lineage-aware sharing for the Arc Virtual Cell Atlas, one of Lamin's larger public atlas integrations.
Lamin Blog · May 2026
Shows how Lamin re-curated PerturBench workflows with lineage tracking so datasets and evaluation can be traced back to their sources.
Lamin Blog · Apr 2026
Announces native SpatialData support in LaminDB for cross-dataset queries, validation, lineage tracking, and downstream model training.
Lamin Blog · Apr 2026
Introduces LaminR, the R package for traceability and reproducibility in data workflows.
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