Ginkgo Bioworks partners with Google Cloud for AI biology tools; up to $56.3M funding

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

Five-year partnership to develop large language models for biology on Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform.
Minimum annual cloud commitments: $8M (Y1), $28M (Y2), $54M (Y3), $86M (Y4), $113M (Y5).
Google Cloud provides up to $56.3M in milestone-based cash funding over three years.
Ginkgo intends to make Google Cloud its primary cloud services provider.
First planned model: a foundation model for proteins, targeting drug discovery and biosecurity.

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