Astromech

Design semantically precise and biologically grounded prompts for large AI models used in genomic inference, synthesis design, and ancestral modeling.

Latest funding

$20M Seed · August 21, 2026

Led by Peak 6 · Source: techfundingnews.com

Funding history ↓

Website: astromech.com.

Categories: AI infrastructure and compute Health and bio Robotics and hardware.

Sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Management, Robotics.

Stage: Seed.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Last round: Aug 21, 2026 · 86 days ago.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

Website registeredOct 16, 2009 (17 years old)

About Astromech

Co-founded by the CEO of Colossal Biosciences, Ben Lamm.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Aug 21, 2026	Seed	$20M	PPeak 6	techfundingnews.com

Timeline

October 16, 2009
Website created

Founders and team

BL
Ben Lamm Founder
GC
George Church Founder

Investors

PPeak 6lead investor

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