For decades, scientists have hired bacteria to copy DNA. Elegen built a faster copy room with no cells inside - and turned a biological bottleneck into a six-day delivery business.
Ansa Biotechnologies is an Emeryville, California biotech company that makes custom synthetic DNA using a proprietary enzymatic synthesis platform. Its no-assembly approach can build long, complex, high-fidelity DNA sequences - including clonal constructs up to 50 kilobases - that stump legacy chemical methods, and it backs delivery with an industry-first On-Time Guarantee. Founded in 2018 by UC Berkeley researchers, Ansa serves scientists across pharmaceuticals, gene therapy, agriculture, and industrial biotech.