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C16 Biosciences

C16 Biosciences is a New York City based synthetic biology company producing high-performance, sustainable ingredients for consumer goods manufacturers through its proprietary Palmless platform. Using microbial fermentation and biotechnology, C16 designs plant-free, deforestation-free alternatives to palm oil and petroleum-derived commodity ingredients for beauty and personal care, food, and home and personal care markets. Its flagship Palmless Torula Oil is a bioactive super-emollient with antioxidant properties for skincare formulations, alongside designer fats, oils, fatty acids, triglycerides, and alcohols. The company was added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of DCVC; it is an ingredients and biomanufacturing business and does not currently publish a public developer platform or API.

C16 Biosciences is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Synthetic Biology, Biotechnology, Sustainable Ingredients, and Palm Oil Alternative.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanySynthetic BiologyBiotechnologySustainable IngredientsPalm Oil AlternativeConsumer GoodsFermentationClimate Tech

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

C16 Biosciences Domain Security

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Company 8

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: c16-biosciences
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name: C16 Biosciences
description: C16 Biosciences is a New York City based synthetic biology company producing high-performance, sustainable ingredients
  for consumer goods manufacturers through its proprietary Palmless platform. Using microbial fermentation and biotechnology,
  C16 designs plant-free, deforestation-free alternatives to palm oil and petroleum-derived commodity ingredients for beauty
  and personal care, food, and home and personal care markets. Its flagship Palmless Torula Oil is a bioactive super-emollient
  with antioxidant properties for skincare formulations, alongside designer fats, oils, fatty acids, triglycerides, and alcohols.
  The company was added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of DCVC; it is an ingredients and biomanufacturing
  business and does not currently publish a public developer platform or API.
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
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tags:
- Company
- Synthetic Biology
- Biotechnology
- Sustainable Ingredients
- Palm Oil Alternative
- Consumer Goods
- Fermentation
- Climate Tech
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- type: About
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- type: ProductSite
  name: Palmless
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- type: Careers
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- type: Press
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- type: Partners
  url: https://www.c16bio.com/partner-with-us
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/c16bio/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/c16bio
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/gopalmless/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
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