Zymergen

Zymergen was a synthetic-biology and bio-manufacturing company founded in 2013 in Emeryville, California, that used machine learning and automation to engineer microbes and discover novel bio-based materials and molecules. It went public on NASDAQ in 2021 and was acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks in October 2022; the zymergen.com domain now 301-redirects to Ginkgo Bioworks. It was surfaced as a portfolio company of DCVC, Kindred Ventures, and Obvious Ventures and added to the API Evangelist network for enrichment. Enrichment found no public developer portal, API, documentation, or event surface — the company has no independent API footprint following the acquisition. This profile is retained as a portfolio/history record.

Zymergen is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Synthetic Biology, Biotechnology, Bio-manufacturing, and Materials Science.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanySynthetic BiologyBiotechnologyBio-manufacturingMaterials ScienceMachine LearningAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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.

Zymergen Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

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Website
Website

Other 1

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Acquisition
Acquisition

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: zymergen
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zymergen.png
name: Zymergen
description: Zymergen was a synthetic-biology and bio-manufacturing company founded in 2013 in Emeryville, California, that
  used machine learning and automation to engineer microbes and discover novel bio-based materials and molecules. It went
  public on NASDAQ in 2021 and was acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks in October 2022; the zymergen.com domain now 301-redirects
  to Ginkgo Bioworks. It was surfaced as a portfolio company of DCVC, Kindred Ventures, and Obvious Ventures and added to
  the API Evangelist network for enrichment. Enrichment found no public developer portal, API, documentation, or event surface
  — the company has no independent API footprint following the acquisition. This profile is retained as a portfolio/history
  record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zymergen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
- kindred-ventures
- obvious-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: ginkgo-bioworks
x-acquired-date: '2022-10-19'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Synthetic Biology
- Biotechnology
- Bio-manufacturing
- Materials Science
- Machine Learning
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zymergen-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://zymergen.com/
- type: Acquisition
  url: https://www.ginkgo.bio/2022/10/19/ginkgo-acquires-zymergen/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1