# TeselaGen Biotechnology

> TeselaGen Biotechnology builds an AI-powered, cloud-based operating system for biological R&D. Spun out of the Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute and founded by Stanford and Berkeley scientists, its platform - organized around the Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle with DESIGN, BUILD, TEST and DISCOVER modules - lets researchers design DNA libraries, generate lab-robot assembly protocols, capture experimental data and apply machine learning to converge on better biological products faster. Customers span industrial biotech, biopharma and academia, including Amgen, LanzaTech, Twist Bioscience, Arzeda and Stanford.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Eduardo Abeliuk (Co-Founder & CEO), Michael Fero (Co-Founder), Nathan Hillson (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~31 employees
- **Products:** DESIGN Module, BUILD Module, TEST Module, DISCOVER Module (AI/ML Toolkit), j5 / Community Edition
- **Notable:** Spun out of the Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) - commercializing the j5 DNA assembly design tool., Won four US National Science Foundation funding awards and a US Department of Energy funding award., Received a Bio-IT World Best Practices Award.

## Products & services

- **DESIGN Module** — Handles everything from accurate traditional cloning for individual researchers to large-scale combinatorial and hierarchical DNA designs for industrial biotech and biopharma.
- **BUILD Module** — Automatically generates molecular cloning and assembly protocols, including instructions for laboratory robots such as the Labcyte Echo liquid handler.
- **TEST Module** — Captures data from analytic and monitoring equipment, links it to the design-build process, and prepares it for analysis, predictive modeling and machine learning.
- **DISCOVER Module (AI/ML Toolkit)** — Combines lab data with AI models built to understand biology, helping teams converge on an optimal product roughly ten times faster than traditional approaches.
- **j5 / Community Edition** — The open, cloud-based DNA design lineage originating from JBEI's j5 tool for automated combinatorial DNA assembly design.
- **TeselaGen Copilot / AI Agents** — Newer AI-agent tooling that designs DNA libraries, generates assembly protocols and optimizes biomolecules autonomously.

## Achievements

- Spun out of the Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) - commercializing the j5 DNA assembly design tool.
- Won four US National Science Foundation funding awards and a US Department of Energy funding award.
- Received a Bio-IT World Best Practices Award.
- Adopted by leading industrial biotech, biopharma and academic labs including Amgen, LanzaTech and Stanford.
- Renewed its JBEI partnership through 2027 to advance carbon-neutral bioproducts.
- Launched an open, cloud-based Community Edition for DNA design.
- Spun off DNA-manufacturing company Built Biotechnologies in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2023-12** — Announced DNA-manufacturing spin-off Built Biotechnologies, Inc.
- **2023-09** — Renewed partnership with the Joint BioEnergy Institute via a five-year contract through 2027 to enhance carbon-neutral bioproduct production.
- **2023-05** — Partnered with NinthBio to integrate its Homology Path design algorithm for advanced DNA variant library construction.
- **2024-01** — Repositioned platform messaging around autonomous AI agents for biological R&D (TeselaGen Copilot).

## Links

- Website: https://teselagen.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teselagen
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/teselagen
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@teselagen
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teselagen/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Teselagen

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Last updated: 2026-07-07