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Benchling

Scientific data management, lab automation, and AI-powered workflows for biotech R&D discovery and process development.

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Overview

Benchling is a cloud-based, biology-first platform designed to accelerate biotechnology research and development. It serves a broad range of organizations — from innovative academic institutions and early-stage startups to more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma companies — providing a unified environment for scientific data management, collaboration, and AI-driven insights across the full R&D lifecycle.

Trusted by over 200,000 scientists, Benchling is purpose-built to support complex science across discovery, pre-clinical, and process development stages. The platform combines electronic lab notebooks, data modeling, workflow automation, and an open developer ecosystem to help teams digitize their labs, reduce manual work, and build a robust data foundation that scales with their science.

Core Solutions

  • Bioresearch: A user-friendly interface purpose-built for complex science, enabling scientists to plan, record, and share experiments using a collaborative, cloud-based electronic lab notebook.
  • Bioprocess: An end-to-end platform for process development designed to help teams reach milestones faster across bioprocess workflows.
  • Connect: Automates, manages, and analyzes instrument data at scale, integrating data from instruments, software, and other sources into a unified platform.
  • In Vivo: Accelerates in vivo studies through modern data capture, collaboration tools, and actionable insights.

Key Capabilities

  • Collaborative, cloud-based electronic lab notebook for planning, recording, and sharing experiments across teams.
  • Automated workflows and analytics to cut manual and repetitive work and increase overall productivity.
  • AI tools integrated throughout the platform to help scientists work more efficiently and surface insights faster.
  • Flexible scientific data modeling to track biomolecules, small molecules, cell lines, animals, reagents, and more.
  • Unified data models across experiments to power computational science and data-driven decision-making.
  • Out-of-the-box integrations alongside a developer platform featuring APIs, app integrations, and a custom interface designer for building tailored solutions.

Supported Modalities and Scientific Areas

  • Gene therapy
  • Cell therapy
  • Antibodies and proteins
  • RNA therapeutics
  • Agritech
  • Industrial biotechnology
  • Microbial strains

Benchling provides best practices, templates, and data models specifically built for these next-generation modalities, enabling teams to get started quickly with configurations tailored to their science.

Services and Support

  • Customer Success: Dedicated support, implementation, and advisory services delivered by a team with both scientific and technical expertise.
  • Benchling Learning Labs: Training and certification programs to build team skillsets and maximize platform adoption.
  • Community: Access to thousands of industry peers through an online community as well as exclusive in-person events and workshops.
  • Developer Platform: Tools including APIs, app integrations, and a custom interface designer to extend and customize Benchling for specific organizational needs.

Demonstrated Impact

  • 63% reduction in time spent on data capture, search, and collection.
  • 10x increase in throughput with higher success rates reported by customers.
  • 4 hours per week saved per scientist through workflow automation and streamlined data management.

Benchling's open, flexible, and secure platform is designed to evolve alongside an organization's R&D needs, making it a long-term foundation for scientific innovation across the life sciences industry.