Prolific Machines

After four years working behind the scenes, today Prolific Machines unveils our first-of-its-kind biotechnology platform to the world. Prolific is the first to use light — safe and abundant — to produce everyday essentials, from nutritional proteins and lifesaving drugs to cultivated meat. Our photomolecular biology platform delivers unprecedented control, precisely guiding cellular behavior when and where it matters most. This technology debut is coupled with the close of our milestone $55M Series B1 fundraise, led by Ki Tua Fund CVC of Fonterra Co-operative Group. We could not be more grateful to partner with Ki Tua Fund on this journey and for the continued support of our long-time investors Breakthrough Energy Cooper Rinzler Mayfield Fund Arvind Gupta IndieBio Po Bronson SOSV Continental Grain Company Shorewind Capital Darco Capital In-Q-Tel (IQT) Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition Matthew Katz and many more. This announcement marks our next chapter as a commercial organization. We are excited to unveil partnerships with industry leaders in cellular agriculture, pharmaceuticals, nutritional proteins, and beyond. Stay tuned for details in the coming months, and get in touch at partners@prolific-machines.com if you're interested in co-developing the future of biology with us. A huge thank you to our amazing team for making today a reality and helping us illuminate biology’s limitless potential for a healthier, more sustainable tomorrow.

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🙃 Prolific Machines is one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2024! Four months after launching, Prolific’s Photomolecular Platform has been recognized as a groundbreaking innovation driving our lives forward. 🙃 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dB4NyGxq #TIMEBestInventions

Prolific Machines is one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2024! Four months after launching, our Photomolecular Platform has been recognized as a groundbreaking innovation driving our lives forward. https://lnkd.in/gtaXwbq6 At Prolific, we're building a new infrastructure layer for biology. Our platform uses light to enable an unprecedented level of temporal precision, tunability, dynamic feedback control, and closed-loop optimization over biomanufacturing processes. Message me or contact partners@prolific-machines.com to learn more about how Prolific can help accelerate your goals across biopharmaceuticals and functional foods. #TIMEBestInventions

We’ve been working on this for four years. Four months ago, Prolific Machines unveiled our first-of-its-kind biotechnology platform to the world. Today, we’re immensely proud to share that we’ve been identified as a TIME Best Invention for 2024. We love a moment in the spotlight, but recognition isn’t what makes this award special. Our photomolecular platform helps multiple industries enhance cost-effectiveness, scaling, and overall efficiency—ushering in a new era of possibilities. 🚀 This award underscores why we exist: to build a new infrastructure layer for biology that inspires change and impacts industries for the better. It’s not just a win for us—it’s a win for progress. We are so grateful to have an incredible team, advisors, and purpose driving towards a bright future. Together, we’re illuminating biology’s limitless potential for a healthier, more sustainable tomorrow. Read all about it: https://lnkd.in/dB4NyGxq It feels good to say: #TIMEBestInventions #awardwinning #innovation #scientificbreakthrough #futuretech #proudmoment #photomolecular

Prolific Machines is looking for a Head of People to help revolutionize Biomanufacturing with Light ✨ https://lnkd.in/gq_NA6Er

Can you grow meat with light? Tune in to this illuminating conversation with Michael Wolf and Deniz Kent, PhD on The Spoon podcast to learn about how Prolific's tech can help solve some of cultivated meat's greatest challenges. https://lnkd.in/guxDWVer

Prolific was featured as Nature Magazine's Image of the Week. It's no secret to us that Emily Hogan is a superstar so it's especially awesome to see her featured here hard at work at our OptoHood. ⭐ We use light in specific patterns and wavelengths to unlock unparalleled cellular control. Learn more at prolific-machines.com https://lnkd.in/gMb8TbaB

Thanks to Karl Schmieder, MS MFA and Erum Azeez Khan for hosting our CEO and Co-Founder Deniz Kent, PhD on #GrowEverything. Tune in to this illuminating conversation about the big things to come from our #photomolecular platform ✨

Prolific was just awarded a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to use our optogenetics expertise to develop a therapeutics platform to produce more affordable monoclonal antibodies. This grant stands to make these life-saving drugs more accessible in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) so they can be used to prevent infectious diseases where they're needed most. Email partners@prolific-machines.com if you’d like to explore how our platform can help you reach your biomanufacturing goals.