What Tangible Scientific does

Tangible Scientific, Inc. is a private, Massachusetts-domiciled company that operates an agentic, API-first software platform for automating life science research logistics. Its Intelligent Research Operations Platform uses AI agents that learn user-specific workflows and automate repetitive tasks such as sample tracking, solubilization, cherry-picking, acoustic dispensing, and chain-of-custody management, with the company claiming 20-50% reductions in research cycle times. The platform is delivered alongside four integrated service modules: Sample Management, ADME Testing (through a partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks' Datapoints division, covering microsomal stability, kinetic solubility, P450 inhibition, and permeability), Chemistry Services (parallel and nanoscale synthesis, medchem, computational chemistry), and Analytical Services (prep HPLC, UPLC, NMR).

The company targets biotech discovery teams and pharmaceutical companies, with a particular focus on the Boston/Cambridge biopharma hub. Its only publicly named customer is Casma Therapeutics (a startup biotech). Tangible Scientific combines direct enterprise sales with a strategic partnership ecosystem; in August-December 2025 it formalized a three-way collaboration with Ginkgo Bioworks (Datapoints) and Inductive Bio to offer an integrated AI-driven lab-in-the-loop drug discovery service. Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed; the company appears to operate on a quote-based, enterprise and professional-services model with no transparent pricing tiers. Operations are conducted from a single facility at 22 Strathmore Road, Lab 436, Natick, MA. Ownership and funding are not disclosed; the company is described as founder- or independently owned with no identified institutional investors in available sources.

Name

Tangible Scientific

Legal name

Tangible Scientific, Inc.

Website

https://tangiblescientific.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tangible Scientific provides an agentic, API-first software platform that automates life science research logistics, complemented by sample management, ADME, chemistry, and analytical services for biotech discovery teams and pharmaceutical companies, primarily in the Boston/Cambridge area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Drug Discovery Operations Software

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

AI/ML Platforms for Drug Discovery & Experiment Optimization (HLAGAJAO), Liquid Handling & Laboratory Automation (Pipettes, Robots, Workstations) (HLAGAIAD)

Keywords

• Research logistics automation
• Compound management services
• ADME testing services
• Drug discovery software
• Lab workflow automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Natick

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sample Management Services: Secure storage, handling, rapid movement, and tracking of research compounds including automated tracking, solubilization, cherry-picking, acoustic dispensing plating, and climate-controlled storage facilities.
2. ADME Testing: Comprehensive ADME testing services through partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks and other validated providers, including microsomal stability, kinetic solubility, P450 inhibition, and permeability testing.
3. Chemistry Services: Small molecule synthesis and compound optimization including parallel and nanoscale synthesis, focused library synthesis, computational chemistry, and medchem synthesis for drug discovery programs.
4. Analytical Services: Purification and analytical services including prep HPLC separations, UPLC purity analysis, and NMR analysis, available on a standalone basis or integrated with other services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tangible Scientific offers an agentic AI-powered Intelligent Research Operations Platform that automates life-science research logistics end-to-end via a REST API. The platform is delivered alongside four integrated service modules—Sample Management, ADME Testing, Chemistry Services, and Analytical Services—enabling biotech and pharmaceutical teams to manage compounds, run in-vitro testing, synthesize small molecules, and analyze samples from a single coordinated workflow.

Product overview

Tangible Scientific offers a unified Intelligent Research Operations Platform powered by agentic AI systems that automate research logistics. The platform is complemented by four integrated service modules: Sample Management (for compound storage, handling, and tracking with acoustic dispensing), ADME Testing (via partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks, covering microsomal stability, solubility, P450 inhibition, and permeability), Chemistry Services (small molecule synthesis, library synthesis, and computational chemistry), and Analytical Services (prep HPLC, UPLC, and NMR). These services work together as the foundation for the company's fully automated research operations vision, with the platform serving as the core orchestrating layer and individual services providing specialized capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intelligent Research Operations Platform Agentic AI platform that learns user workflows and automates research logistics end-to-end, reducing cycle times from weeks to days while improving data quality and experimental reproducibility; REST API integrates with ELNs, LIMS, and research tools.
• Sample Management Secure storage, handling, and rapid movement of research compounds with full chain-of-custody tracking, including automated sample tracking and inventory, solubilization, cherry-picking, plating with acoustic dispensing, and climate-controlled storage.
• ADME Testing Comprehensive ADME testing services including microsomal stability testing, kinetic solubility assays, P450 inhibition screening, and permeability studies, delivered in partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks.
• Chemistry Services Small-molecule synthesis and compound optimization services supporting drug discovery programs, including parallel and nanoscale synthesis, focused library synthesis, computational chemistry, and medchem synthesis.
• Analytical Services Purification and analytical services available standalone or as a complement to sample management and chemistry services, including prep HPLC separations, UPLC purity analysis, and NMR analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20–50% reduction in research cycle times
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ginkgo Bioworks (Datapoints)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 December 2025Tangible Scientific partnered with Ginkgo Bioworks' Datapoints division to integrate Ginkgo's rapid ADME profiling capabilities with Tangible's API-enabled compound management platform, enabling seamless transitions from in-silico compound designs to validated experimental results as part of an AI-driven lab-in-the-loop drug discovery service. The collaboration creates a unified digital workflow for faster turnaround times, fewer synthesis cycles, and lower drug discovery costs.
• Inductive BiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 December 2025Tangible Scientific partnered with Inductive Bio to combine its API-enabled compound management platform with Inductive Bio's model-driven chemistry design platform and Ginkgo's ADME profiling, creating an integrated AI-driven lab-in-the-loop drug discovery service. The partnership aims to reduce time and costs in early-stage drug development by enabling seamless transitions from in-silico compound designs to validated experimental results.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• LabVantage Solutions: Established enterprise LIMS vendor with broad deployments across pharma, biotech, and clinical labs. A larger incumbent offering overlapping lab informatics and workflow capabilities but without Tangible's agentic AI-native positioning.
• Charles River Laboratories: Large CRO offering ADME, chemistry synthesis, and analytical services across a global lab footprint. Overlaps with Tangible's wet-lab service modules and competes for the same pharma outsourcing budgets, but at substantially greater scale and geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Benchling: Cloud-native LIMS/ELN platform serving biotech discovery teams. Both companies target biotech R&D operations with software that manages samples, experiments, and workflow data, making Benchling the closest direct competitor to Tangible's Intelligent Research Operations Platform.
• Dotmatics: Scientific informatics platform (LIMS, ELN, SDMS) for drug discovery and R&D labs. Comparable as a horizontally positioned lab data and workflow platform targeting the same biotech and pharma discovery buyers that Tangible serves.
• TetraScience: Scientific data cloud and lab data platform purpose-built for life sciences R&D. Comparable as a horizontal data infrastructure layer connecting instruments, ELNs, and LIMS — overlapping with Tangible's API-first integration thesis and data quality focus.
• Sapio Sciences: Lab informatics platform combining LIMS, ELN, and scientific data management with workflow automation. Targets biotech discovery labs with configurable data infrastructure, overlapping with Tangible's API-first research operations positioning.

Emerging players

• Scitara: Lab middleware and instrument connectivity platform focused on integrating scientific instruments with ELNs/LIMS. Closely adjacent to Tangible's API-first integration interoperability positioning, serving overlapping R&D operations buyers.
• Schrödinger: Computational chemistry and molecular simulation platform increasingly bundled with wet-lab services for AI-driven drug discovery. Comparable as an AI-native platform serving the same pharma/biotech early-discovery buyers and conceptually adjacent to Tangible's lab-in-the-loop positioning.

Others

• Inductive Bio: Strategic partner providing model-driven chemistry design in the integrated lab-in-the-loop service. Operates adjacent to Tangible in the AI-driven chemistry design layer, with both companies bundled into a unified offering for biotech discovery teams.
• Ginkgo Bioworks (Datapoints): Strategic partner providing ADME profiling as part of Tangible's integrated offering. Tangible's ADME service is delivered through this partnership, making Ginkgo both a collaborator and an adjacent operator in compound profiling services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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