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Mar 24, 2026
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How Autonomous Labs Will Transform Scientific Research: Ginkgo Bioworks’ Jason Kelly
Jason Kelly
(Founder and CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks, guest)
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Executive Summary
Jason Kelly, CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, argues that AI is the first technology revolution to fundamentally disrupt the core processes of biotechnology and scientific research, unlike previous waves like the internet.
Ginkgo Bioworks has strategically shifted its focus from AI-driven biological design to creating AI-powered robotic labs that automate the physical testing and experimentation phase, aiming to make it dramatically cheaper and faster.
This automation, which uses AI to translate natural language protocols into robotic actions, can increase lab equipment utilization from under 20% to over 70% and boost data output per R&D dollar by 10x.
Kelly envisions this platform shift democratizing science, enabling broad access to experimentation through cloud labs and accelerating the pace of discovery, which is critical amid rising geopolitical competition from China.
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