Jason Kelly

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Co-founder & CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks; leading voice in synthetic biology and biotech entrepreneurship.

Biotech Expands Beyond Disease, Merging Tech and Medicine
SocialMay 2, 2026

Biotech Expands Beyond Disease, Merging Tech and Medicine

Excited to be speaking on Monday at Mass General Brigham MESH Core 2026 about how biotechnology is moving beyond just treating disease ! Will do my best to bridge tech and medical cultures -- should be fun/spicy🌶️ wish me luck...

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Remember Craig: Push Bold Biotech Innovation
SocialApr 30, 2026

Remember Craig: Push Bold Biotech Innovation

RIP to one of our few ballers in biotech. I hope we use Craig's memory to not be afraid to go big in biotech. The world needs our tech and it's a loss to not have his voice...

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Autonomous Labs Essential to Preserve US Scientific Leadership
SocialApr 29, 2026

Autonomous Labs Essential to Preserve US Scientific Leadership

If the US is going to keep our lead in science we need autonomous labs. Awesome leadership from @ScienceUnderSec and the Genesis Mission !

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GPT-5 Autonomously Outperforms SOTA Protein Synthesis by 40%
SocialApr 24, 2026

GPT-5 Autonomously Outperforms SOTA Protein Synthesis by 40%

More on our work with @OpenAI where GPT-5 ran our autonomous lab at @Ginkgo and beat state of the art by 40% in cell free protein synthesis 👇

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Autonomous Labs: America’s Edge in Manual Work
SocialApr 21, 2026

Autonomous Labs: America’s Edge in Manual Work

Robots are how the US wins in manual work long term. Including at the lab bench ! Need autonomous labs

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Stop Pipetting Yourself—Let Us Handle Experiments
SocialApr 19, 2026

Stop Pipetting Yourself—Let Us Handle Experiments

Humans weren’t meant to pipette. Time to move on. Happy to run your experiments for you at https://t.co/b8gQiWKIwy https://t.co/skmzANp2Sl

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Cloud Labs Democratize Science Like Programming Did
SocialApr 18, 2026

Cloud Labs Democratize Science Like Programming Did

Everyone that wants to will be able to be a scientist. Just like everyone that wants to now can be a programmer. Cloud labs will enable this far more than home labs (lots of scientific equipment is crazy expensive so...

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Minibinder Data for $149—Custom Assays Available
SocialApr 17, 2026

Minibinder Data for $149—Custom Assays Available

Get data on your minibinders for $149! Sequence in -> data out. Let us know other assays or protocols you'd like to see and we're happy to add to Ginkgo Cloud Lab.

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Join Our Autonomous Labs Q&A Session Today
SocialApr 16, 2026

Join Our Autonomous Labs Q&A Session Today

Excited to share details on our Autonomous Labs and do Q&A today for @SLAS_Org ! Can register at link below 👇

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Boston Should Lead Autonomous Shift to End Auto Deaths
SocialApr 16, 2026

Boston Should Lead Autonomous Shift to End Auto Deaths

If Boston is going to stay the most family-friendly city in US we should be the first to go fully autonomous and end automobile deaths. We could get there by 2030 with the right incentives/regs. It's the new...

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24/7 Green Lab Services Available for $49‑$150
SocialApr 12, 2026

24/7 Green Lab Services Available for $49‑$150

Great list of services from @americanwetware to ultimately have available 24/7. We have most of the green ones already in place w/ protocols in Ginkgo Cloud Lab for $49-$150, still need to add solubility measurement but can do that...

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AI Automation Will Multiply Scientist Jobs, Overcoming Lab Barriers
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Automation Will Multiply Scientist Jobs, Overcoming Lab Barriers

Couldn’t agree more. AI + automation = way more scientist jobs. Whole industry is massively held back by the cost and barriers to lab work. It’s like computing in the 1950s right now - back when we...

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Support Sam Altman: Influential AI Leader Worth Backing
SocialApr 11, 2026

Support Sam Altman: Influential AI Leader Worth Backing

Just a note that @sama has been one of the biggest influences on me over the years and I’m lucky to have him in my life. He works on things he cares about, takes real early risk on people...

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Reasoning Models Accelerate Science via Autonomous Lab Loops
SocialApr 10, 2026

Reasoning Models Accelerate Science via Autonomous Lab Loops

Awesome to see. Reasoning models are going to be a massive accelerant to science. Important to connect them to autonomous labs so we can close the loop of design, experiments, data analysis and back around again.

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