Infera

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Control lab instruments with natural language.

Spring 2026Founded 20262 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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Laboratory Automation AISaaSResearch labs, biotech companies, contract research organizationsLow competition

Moat

Proprietary protocol compiler and vendor instrument integrations; institutional knowledge management.

Key risk

Lab fragmentation and diverse equipment; data governance and IP concerns; integration complexity.

Why now

Scientist shortage; high-throughput biology driving automation; LLMs enabling natural language control.

Competitors

Emerald Cloud Lab, Synthego, custom automation frameworks

About

Describe an experiment in plain English, and Infera turns it into a validated, instrument-ready run across the equipment your lab already uses. Infera handles the protocol logic, vendor-specific scripts, data, inventory, and institutional knowledge in one system. An AI-native compiler for the lab: one system from intent to execution.

Founders · 2

Chloe SowFounder

Harvard

Co-Founder of Infera (YC P26). Built research software and medical devices at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's, Fred Hutch and PNNL. MechE + CS at Harvard.

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Troy ZhangFounder

Caltech

Founder at Infera. R. H. Cox Research Fellow in Nobel Prize winning lab. Dual BS in Political Science and Computation and Neural Systems from Caltech.

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Healthcare Industrial BioArtificial IntelligenceSaaSB2BBiotechAutomation

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