The fully integrated end-to-end precision fermentation platform built for scale
Arsenale’s proprietary end-to-end platform makes biomanufacturing via precision fermentation economically viable
at industrial scale – for the very first time.
The Arsenale end-to-end biomanufacturing platform.
Built for scale.
Four foundational pillars
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MAXIMIZING THE OPTION SPACE
By co-designing with nature, we gain millions of years of evolutionary knowledge. Our algorithm and hardware make it possible to efficiently navigate a maximised option space.
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STARTING FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
Biology is context-dependent. So we establish the desired industrial context and conditions from the start – in the lab – enabling precision fermentation at scale.
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ECONOMIES OF LEARNING
We standardise, modularise, containerise and compose to reduce costs and increase the speed of innovation cycles.
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GENERATING HYPER-EFFICIENT DATA
In our data rich environment, we leverage unprecedented sensing capabilities and AI to enable continuous learning.
Embracing the factual
In under 12 months, we have set up a fully functional pilot facility – the ⍺-Yard in Pordenone, Italy.
Today we have two batteries of operating Piccolo microbioreactors with unprecedented sensing capabilities, two operating 500L Magnum bioreactors with superior sensing capabilities and have integrated our modular and scalable Design@Scale data platform to enable high-throughput data collection.
THE PICCOLO
Radically new lab fermentation
The Piccolo is designed to become a fully automated battery of micro- bioreactors with advanced sensing and controls designed to provide unprecedented data generation capabilities, built to design processes and organisms in industrial conditions.
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The PICCOLO enables multiplex fermentation in a semi 24/7 regime with unprecedented cost per fermentation and even lower cost per data point.
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The PICCOLO can generate data fed into Arsenale’s AI model designed to predict optimal fermentation conditions.
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The data generated by the PICCOLO bioreactor enables to mimic industrial conditions.
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The PICCOLO can function as a stand-alone vertical business, enabling more advanced services like ‘Design of Organisms’ and ‘Design of Experiments’.
DESIGN@SCALE
The AI-powered bridge
Design@Scale is Arsenale’s AI-powered software that optimizes biomanufacturing by integrating real-time data from lab to industrial scales. It creates a continuous learning loop, refining processes to produce high-performance bio-alternatives with exceptional precision and speed while generating highly-efficient data insights.
Nature Co-Design
We use algorithms as tools to co-design with nature, bridging the gap between different scales.
Predict at scale
Our Design@Scale model enables scientists to embed the industrial context into lab-scale experiments, unlocking reliable predictions across a 10^6 scale gap, from lab to industrial.
Data designing hardware
The software- and data-first approach used to build the platform determines the hardware design, which is informed by the data generation and actuation needs.
THE BIOYARD
Scaling biology out – not up
What is designed in the lab is deployed to the BIOYARD, where, to manufacture, we scale out our modular batteries of 50KL Goliath bioreactors.
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Our BIOYARDS are constructed with standardised sets of six 50kL Goliath and modular DSP to optimise flexibility and drastically reduce both CAPEX and OPEX.
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Our modular Goliath bioreactors allow for scaling out, rather than scaling up – reducing the risk of redesigning fermentation processes, and accelerating innovation.
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Arsenale’s approach to standardising our bioreactor design helps to drive cost and time efficiencies, deploying scale-out capacity in months, not years.
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By building upon a well-established industrial and logistic standard we enable flexible, low-cost international deployment.
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To increase capacity we increase the number of bioreactors, not the size, thus allowing for Design@Scale and economies of learning while reducing risk factors.
FRACTAL LEARNING LOOP
Using data to improve – continuously
Biological systemic learning flywheel to accelerate development and challenge conventional methods by enabling learning within and across scales.
We transform what is today a one-way process into a fractal, continuous learning loop, within and across scales.
Learning with nature
Systemised approach
We operate within a systems perspective to accelerate development and challenge conventional methods by enabling learning within and across scales and blurring the boundaries between disciplines.
Biological learning flywheel
Our unique biological learning flywheel is at the core of how we use data to continuously improve the way we operate and push the boundaries.
Multiple entry points and value propositions
How Arsenale will transform your product development and production
Reduce
CAPEX & OPEX
Arsenale eliminates the prohibitive costs associated with traditional biomanufacturing by seamlessly integrating industrial conditions into the lab and providing the industrial infrastructure to produce while allowing companies to design at scale from day one. This removes the inefficiencies of scaling from laboratory models to large-scale production, cutting costs significantly compared to conventional contract manufacturing approaches.
Accelerate
Time-To-Market
By redefining industrial biotech with a software-first approach and leveraging AI-driven process optimization, Arsenale enables businesses to move from concept to industrial production in a fraction of the time. Compared to traditional biomanufacturing that takes years to scale, Arsenale’s infrastructure reduces development cycles and allows rapid iteration, ensuring faster market entry.
Generate 10x
Hyper-Efficient Data
Arsenale’s proprietary biomanufacturing platform harnesses extensive real-time monitoring and AI-driven insights to capture orders of magnitude more process data than standard bioreactors. This unprecedented level of data granularity enhances process predictability, reduces variability, and ensures optimized industrial-scale production, providing clients with a powerful edge in biomanufacturing efficiency.
The Arsenale Collective
Arsenale is a collective of innovative thinkers and problem-solvers who value individualism and community. Our team embraces those who challenge the status quo, relying on first principles to tackle even seemingly unsolvable problems. Our approach embodies stoic virtues, facing challenges with integrity, resilience, and authenticity. We cultivate an environment of open-mindedness, collaboration, and intellectual curiosity, constantly pushing boundaries and fostering a culture of continuous learning and exploration.
Enquiries
If you are interested in finding out more about our technology, contact us via the contact form or email at info@arsenale.bio