Its first workflow engine could handle bespoke academic experiments, then routine pharma studies exposed the cracks. RockStep rebuilt with scientists, turned paper-and-spreadsheet chaos into Climb, and found the strategic buyer that needed its missing half.
SmartLabs is a Boston-based life-sciences company that sells laboratory infrastructure the way cloud providers sell servers: as-a-service. Its Managed Research Centers give biotech and pharma teams private, enterprise-grade R&D and manufacturing space - fully built, operated, and staffed - without the multi-year leases and capital buildouts that normally slow science down. Companies can move into a running lab in weeks, keep full control of their intellectual property, and scale space up or down as programs change.