aid: ginkgo-bioworks
name: Ginkgo Bioworks
description: >-
  Ginkgo Bioworks is a synthetic biology company founded in 2008 and
  headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that builds a horizontal platform for
  programming biology. Through autonomous laboratories, foundry services, and
  AI-powered tools, Ginkgo automates the design-build-test cycle of biological
  engineering for customers across biopharma, agriculture, industrial biotech,
  and biosecurity. Its offerings include Build-Your-Own-Lab automation hardware
  and software, a remotely accessible Cloud Lab, Ginkgo Datapoints screening and
  data services, Foundry cell-engineering services, and the Catalyst autonomous
  lab agent. Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) does not currently publish a public
  self-service developer API; this profile tracks the company's identity and web
  properties in the API Evangelist network.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/919562?v=4
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ginkgo-bioworks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
- softbank-vision-fund
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Synthetic Biology
- Biotechnology
- Cell Programming
- Lab Automation
- Bioengineering
- Life Sciences
- Foundry
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ginkgo.bio/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ginkgobioworks
- type: Blog
  name: News & Press
  url: https://www.ginkgo.bio/resources/press
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ginkgo.bio/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.ginkgo.bio/general-terms-conditions
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ginkgo-bioworks
- type: InvestorRelations
  url: https://investors.ginkgobioworks.com/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ginkgo-bioworks-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence