eXoZymes Inc. has been named a B2i Digital Featured Company, highlighting the company's cell-free, AI-guided enzyme platform that provides partners with access to design and run enzyme pathways for chemical production. The partnership aims to showcase eXoZymes' technology as a scalable, lower-impact alternative to traditional petrochemical processes, natural extraction, and synthetic biology methods. David Shapiro, CEO of B2i Digital, stated that the company looks forward to introducing eXoZymes to its sophisticated investor community. He emphasized that eXoZymes' cell-free enzyme technology addresses the scale-up bottleneck seen in first-generation synthetic biology, presenting a timely story for investors focused on sustainable industrial biotechnology. The platform aims to replace selected petrochemical processes with lower-impact biosolutions, according to Shapiro's comments available through B2i Digital's website.
Michael Heltzen, CEO of eXoZymes, described the partnership as supporting the company's efforts to communicate its cell-free biomanufacturing technology and the commercial potential of its exozymes platform to the investment community. Heltzen stated that the company believes the next generation of biomanufacturing is cell-free and that this collaboration will enhance visibility among investors who understand the value of their scalable enzyme-based approach. The company's technology represents what it calls a historic first in biomanufacturing by freeing enzyme-driven chemical reactions from cellular limitations. eXoZymes' advanced enzymes, called exozymes, are enhanced through AI and bioengineering to function in bioreactors without living cells, transforming biomass into essential natural products, medicines, chemicals, and biofuels.
The company initially targets low volume, high value natural products with potential pharmaceutical applications. This approach offers partners a commercially viable path to scalable and sustainable production of small molecules at industrial scale, providing an alternative to traditional manufacturing methods that often involve environmental concerns or efficiency limitations. The company's technology platform enables the production of chemical compounds through nature's own processes, upgraded from traditional petrochemical production methods. According to information available through eXoZymes' corporate website, exozymes can replace toxic petrochemical processes and inefficient biochemical extraction with sustainable and scalable biosolutions. The partnership with B2i Digital comes as the company advances its commercial partnerships and seeks to demonstrate the practical applications of its cell-free manufacturing approach in various industrial sectors.
