Ginkgo Bioworks and Google Cloud Partner to Build Next Generation AI Platform for Biological Engineering and Biosecurity

(August 29, 2023) | By Ginkgo Bioworks.

• Ginkgo and Google Cloud enter strategic five-year cloud and AI partnership
• Ginkgo to pioneer new large language models for biological engineering applications, powered by Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform
• Ginkgo intends to make Google its primary cloud services provider, benefiting from access to next-generation computational infrastructure and AI technologies
• Partnership to include funding from Google Cloud to enable Ginkgo’s development of foundation models and fine-tuned applications

BOSTON, Mass. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA, “Ginkgo”), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, and Google Cloud today announced a five-year strategic cloud and AI partnership, intended to enable Ginkgo to develop and deploy AI tools for biology and biosecurity.