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Tetsuwan is building a cloud lab where experiments are submitted via an API in an…

2026-06-24 · 18:23 UTC ·@adxtyahq ·1 min read

Brief

Tetsuwan is building a cloud lab that accepts experiment submissions over an API using an exact execution syntax, letting users run automated workflows remotely without physical lab access. Cristian Ponce says this standardization addresses reproducibility problems and scales testing for AI-driven biology. Tetsuwan ran pilot labs for two years and will launch first services later in 2026, starting with functional screens for protein design.

Why it matters

Tetsuwan is building a cloud lab where experiments are submitted via an API in an 'exact syntax' and executed by automated robots, allowing users to run standardized workflows remotely without physical access.

Key details

  • Cristian Ponce (@c_m_ponce) tweeted on 2026-06-24 that standardization is required because manual, varied lab work creates reproducibility problems and AI-driven biology will demand far more reproducible, high-throughput data.
  • Tetsuwan has run pilot labs for two years and intends to launch its first services later in 2026, initially offering functional screens for protein design; founders include Cristian Ponce and Alex, who met at Caltech.
Source evidence

The future of biology might look a lot less like a lab bench and a lot more like this

Tetsuwan is building a cloud lab where experiments can be submitted over an API and run remotely.

Their thesis is simple: the robots already exist, making them useful is the hard part.

Cristian Ponce (@cmponce)

Automating the lab bench is the best thing we can do for AI in biology.

Most experiments are still run by hand. Every biologist's handiwork is unique and every lab is a little different. So, biology faces widespread reproducibility issues.

But, AI will demand more reproducible data than we can produce, and generate more ideas than we can test.

Experiments must be communicated and executed in a standardized way to generate reproducible data.

So, Tetsuwan is building a lab where users specify experiments in an exact syntax. These experiments are executed by an automated platform to generate transparent, reproducible output. The user never needs physical access to a lab. This is a biology lab you can use like a computer.

Our platform, built and tested with pilot labs over the past two years, lets users configure automated workflows rapidly & precisely.

Later this year, we will bring our first services online, focusing on functional screens for protein design.

Alex and I met at Caltech, where she was one year my senior. We're building this company because we were little kids who wanted to be biologists that grew up into adults who resented the lab bench. We want biology to be about asking questions, not the painful and frustrating manual process of asking them.

For those looking to receive updates on our pilot services, looking for a meaningful job, or just to learn more about our work, see the links in the comments!

Video

— https://nitter.net/cmponce/status/2069839730146230534#m