Quilt blog · Jul 2026
Quilt said Claude Science connected through the Quilt MCP to public Cell Painting data, produced 25 tested hypotheses, and wrote a versioned reproducibility bundle back into Quilt.
Quilt manages data like code so that companies can experiment faster
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Quilt Data (Quilt.bio) is an AWS-native scientific data management platform for life sciences teams. It helps organizations find, trust, version, and reuse scientific data by packaging data with metadata, documentation, lineage, and version history for governed, AI-ready use.
Primary product
Scientific Data Management Platform on AWS (versioned data packages / governed scientific data context layer)
Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Data Infrastructure and Analytics
Sub-industry
Scientific data management / life sciences data platform
Offices
United Kingdom
Business model
B2B SaaS
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$4.3M
Latest round
Seed Round · May 2021
Seed Round
May 2021
Pre Seed Round
Aug 2017 · Y Combinator
Convertible Note
Mar 2016
People & investors
Founders
Co-founder, former CTO
Work & culture
Public evidence suggests a small, highly technical, mission-driven team focused on scientific data governance, AI readiness, and customer/community engagement. The company emphasizes versioned context, provenance, compliance, and practical workflows over generic AI.
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be enterprise/B2B SaaS with demo-led sales.
Differentiators
- —AWS-native scientific data management
- —Data packaged with metadata, documentation, lineage, and version history
- —Governance and auditability built in
- —Works with data in place without disruptive migration
- —AI-ready context layer for grounded outputs
Technology
AWS
Cursor
MCP
Benchling
OpenAI
GitHub
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Cloudflare
React
Python
TypeScript
SQL
Customers
Life sciences teams
Biotech organizations
Scientific data teams
AI teams working on scientific data
Competitors
Benchling
Databricks
DVC
lakeFS
Snorkel AI
Soda Data
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
2.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Recent product-related post showing Quilt integration with Anthropic Claude Science.
Quilt blog · May 2026
A technical post comparing Quilt’s package-level data versioning to Git/MLflow workflows and describing hash-pinned, reproducible scientific data packages.
LinkedIn · Apr 2026
Highlights Quilt’s AI-agent positioning and the role of governed context; references a blog post and demo at open.quiltdata.com.
Quilt blog · Apr 2026
Explains Quilt’s packaging approach as a persistent context layer for AI workflows and positions Quilt Packages as human- and machine-readable units of context.
Jobs and careers at Quilt Data
5 jobs at Quilt Data
Manufacturing Technical Program Manager / Quality Engineer (Heat Pumps FATP)
On-site
Operations
Zhuhai, China; Xiangzhou Qu, Guangdong, China
1w ago
On-site
Full-time
Product Manager
On-site
Product Management
Redwood City, CA; Redwood City
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Partner Marketing Manager
Remote
Marketing
Remote, USA; Redwood City
4w ago
Remote
Full-time
Regional Partner Sales Manager – Northeast
Remote
Sales
Remote Northeast USA (50% - 75% Regional Travel Required)
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Supplier Development Quality Engineer (China)
On-site
Hardware Engineering
Zhuhai, China
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time