Atlas Data Storage

Atlas Data Storage

DNA-based data storage as a service

Overview

Atlas Data Storage encodes binary data into DNA by mapping data to the four-letter alphabet (A, C, G, T) and stores it as dry powder inside rugged steel capsules. Its core technology, licensed from Twist Bioscience, uses a silicon-based semiconductor platform to miniaturize DNA synthesis and enable massively parallel chemistry on a chip. Data is kept in air-gapped capsules for durability, density, and security, and the company offers storage as a service to enterprises such as hyperscalers and regulated industries. Its first commercial service, Atlas Eon 100, launched in December 2025 for permanent data preservation, aiming to provide long-term, low-maintenance archival storage.

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Industries

Data & Analytics

Hardware

Enterprise Software

Biotechnology

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$155M

Headquarters

South San Francisco, California

Founded

2025

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What believers are saying

  • Eon 100 launched in December 2025 as its first scalable commercial service.
  • Hyperscalers and governments need permanent archives without periodic migration costs.
  • Imec’s stake can speed product maturation through nanoelectronics and ASIC expertise.

What critics are saying

  • Commercial demand remains unproven beyond launch announcements and early pilot interest.
  • Retrieved-data economics depend on future read-hardware breakthroughs that are still under development.
  • Twist licensing dependence creates roadmap risk if IP terms change or disputes emerge.

What makes Atlas Data Storage unique

  • End-to-end DNA archiving, from encoding through retrieval, targets enterprise preservation.
  • Twist Bioscience spun it out in May 2025 with licensed core technology.
  • Ruggedized steel capsules store dry DNA powder for transportable, air-gapped archives.

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Funding

Total Funding

$155M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
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Above Average

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Atlas Data Storage

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

9%

1 year growth

18%

2 year growth

18%

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