Prodigy Scientific

What Prodigy Scientific does

Prodigy Scientific Inc, operating under the brand "Prodigy Labs," was a San Diego-based private company founded in 2019 that built an integrated laboratory operations platform for early-stage biotech and contract research organizations (CROs) in Southern California. The company combined three layers into a single offering: a Laboratory OS software product (electronic lab notebook, inventory management, sample and data management with AI-assisted experiment capture, predictive reorder alerts, and procurement recommendations); ISO 17025 accreditation-pending analytical testing services (LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, HPLC, Py-GC/MS microplastics, peptide purity, metabolomics, pesticides, mycotoxins, residual solvents, food safety); and a San Diego biotech incubator with flexible bench leases and shared instrumentation at the 5414 Oberlin Drive campus.

The business model relied on an application-gated "founding cohort" subscription membership with monthly billing that bundled software access and priority-incubator privileges, while analytical testing runs and bench leases were billed separately on a pay-per-use basis. Distribution was platform-led: free lead-magnet tools (COA Interpreter, ISO 17025 Grader, Label Compliance Checker, Peptide Purity Calculator, Prodigy Verified, Prodigy Scan) drove top-of-funnel engagement and were layered with inside sales, direct contact, and physical lab tours to convert early-stage labs in the San Diego biotech corridor.

In August 2025, Prodigy Scientific was acquired by Innovative Lab Services LLC (ILS), a nationwide LC-MS/GC-MS instrument service provider, with founder and CEO James Thompson transitioning to lead ILS's regional operations in Southern California. The acquisition folded Prodigy's integrated software-plus-services stack into ILS's service network, and the company continued to operate within ILS rather than as an independent entity.

Name

Prodigy Scientific

Legal name

Prodigy Scientific Company

Website

https://prodigyscientific.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Prodigy Scientific (Prodigy Labs) was a San Diego-based integrated lab operations platform offering an electronic lab notebook, ISO 17025 analytical testing, and incubator bench leases to early-stage biotech, CRO, and food/supplement testing teams in Southern California, operating as a founding cohort subscription with pay-per-use services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Operations Software

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) (HLAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lab Automation, Instrument Control & Workflow Orchestration Software (HLAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Laboratory operations software
• Analytical testing services
• Lab information management
• Biotech incubator space
• ISO 17025 testing

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Founding Cohort Membership: Application-gated membership providing access to Laboratory OS, analytical testing portal, incubator space priority access, hands-on onboarding, and founding member recognition. Analytical testing runs and incubator bench leases billed separately per use.
2. Analytical Testing Services: Pay-per-use ISO 17025 accreditation pending testing for peptides, metabolomics, microplastics, pesticides, mycotoxins, residual solvents, food safety. Chromatography and mass spec services (LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, HPLC).
3. Lab Incubator Bench Space: Flexible bench leases at Oberlin campus in San Diego's biotech corridor. Month-to-month available. Includes shared MS instrumentation, platform access, and priority testing queue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Prodigy Scientific (operating as Prodigy Labs) provides ISO 17025 analytical testing services (accreditation pending), a Laboratory OS software platform combining electronic lab notebook (ELN), inventory management, sample and data management with an integrated analytical testing portal, and flexible lab incubator bench leases at its San Diego biotech facility. The platform includes an AI lab assistant with voice/text experiment capture, predictive reorder alerts, and intelligent spend and inventory recommendations.

Product overview

Prodigy Labs operates as a unified laboratory operations platform combining three integrated offerings: Laboratory OS (a core software platform with ELN, inventory, sample management, and analytical testing portal), ISO 17025 Analytical Testing Services (accreditation-pending chromatography, mass spec, food/supplement, and microplastics testing), and a San Diego Lab Incubator (flexible bench space with shared instrumentation). The platform also offers a GMP Platform for pharmaceutical compliance and six free self-service tools (COA Interpreter, ISO 17025 Grader, Label Compliance Checker, Peptide Purity Calculator, Prodigy Verified, and Prodigy Scan). Priced for pre-Series A labs via an application-gated founding cohort membership with separate billing for testing runs and bench leases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.2 day average analytical testing turnaround
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Innovative Lab Services (ILS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovative Lab Services provides nationwide LC-MS/GC-MS instrument service with IQ/OQ qualification and 24-48hr on-site response. Featured partner for instrument support with preferred access for Prodigy Labs members. ILS acquired Prodigy Scientific in August 2025, integrating Prodigy into their service network and extending ILS reach into Southern California's life sciences market.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SciNote: Cloud-based ELN with inventory and protocol management targeting academic and small biotech labs. Overlaps with Prodigy's ELN-centric Laboratory OS offering.
• LabArchives: Electronic lab notebook platform widely used in academic and biotech research settings. Directly comparable to Prodigy's ELN capabilities within the Laboratory OS.
• Benchling: Leading cloud-native life sciences R&D platform with ELN, LIMS, sample tracking, and inventory. Directly comparable to Prodigy's Laboratory OS module, though Benchling serves larger enterprises while Prodigy targets early-stage labs.
• Dotmatics: Scientific informatics platform offering ELN, LIMS, and data management for life sciences R&D. Recently acquired by Siemens, it competes directly with Prodigy's integrated software proposition at larger customer scale.
• eLabNext (formerly Labguru): Digital lab platform offering ELN, LIMS, inventory, and sample tracking. Closely aligned with Prodigy's Laboratory OS scope and SMB/early-stage biotech customer focus.

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Scientific: Global testing services giant offering analytical, food, environmental, and pharmaceutical testing. Directly comparable to Prodigy's analytical testing services business at vastly larger scale.
• Intertek: Global quality assurance and testing services provider across food, pharma, and environmental sectors. Comparable to Prodigy's testing services revenue stream at multi-national scale.
• BIOVIA (Dassault Systèmes): Enterprise scientific platform from Dassault Systèmes offering ELN, LIMS, and lab informatics across pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Competes with Prodigy's software layer at the enterprise end.
• LabWare: Established LIMS and ELN vendor serving large pharmaceutical and clinical labs. Overlaps with Prodigy's Laboratory OS but targets enterprise customers rather than early-stage research teams.

Emerging players

• JLABS (Johnson & Johnson Innovation): Johnson & Johnson-operated biotech incubator providing lab space and resources to early-stage companies. Directly comparable to Prodigy's San Diego lab incubator offering though with much broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ProdigyScientific
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prodigy-scientific

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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