Built to close the gap between biothreat detection and response.
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Beam is now available across platforms, with open weights under the Apache 2.0 license - in collaboration with an ecosystem of 40+ partners.
We're releasing:
- Weights, tokenizer, and reference implementation
- BF16, FP8 and NVFP4 weights and a DFlash2 drafter
- The open source harness we built and trained Beam on: Mirror CLI
Weights and model card on Hugging Face: huggingface.co/reflection
Thanks @ExigerLLC for having @matt_f_mcknight!
Interesting conversation about the modern biothreat landscape and the technology we need to meet this moment.
Matt explains how our ability to deter and mitigate the impacts of biothreats will rely on the persistent generation of biological intelligence — BIOINT. Our national security, public health, and economic security depend on it.
Everyone’s focused on AI. The next frontier of national security is biology.
Hear from @matt_f_mcknight, CEO of the defense tech unicorn @Perimeter that’s redefining biointelligence, or BIOINT, on the latest episode of Exiger Exchange with Kit Conklin.
▶️ Watch or 🎧 Listen — Out Now
The Defense Tech Unicorn Tracking Biological Threats | Exiger Exchange Podcast lnkd.in/gyVqd2sK
Perimeter's Max Breet, Senior Director of EMEA, spoke with @tectonicdefense about what independence means for us: singular focus on our biosecurity mission, accelerated investment in product, and continued delivery of our global programs.
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Lock in, kids. It’s time for a dose of the super-scary, invisible threats we all know and love. @Ginkgo_Biosec —the biosecurity arm of @Ginkgo Bioworks—officially spun out from its Boston-based parent company as Perimeter.
tectonicdefense.com/ginkgo-b…
Perimeter retweeted
Excited for the launch of Perimeter Systems! @Ginkgo is happy to be a shareholder and long-term supporter!
@matt_f_mcknight is is an awesome founder/CEO who is mission-driven to build US biosecurity and the first true Biodefense Prime.
With $60M in new capital and amazing new investors - I can't wait to see how the business grows from here! Get at it!
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It’s official: Ginkgo Biosecurity is launching as Perimeter Systems, Inc. — a fully independent biosecurity infrastructure company, backed by $60M in growth capital.
We started this work during COVID, providing test kits to schools and helping scale the manufacturing capacity for vaccines. Since 2020, the team built a scaled, global infrastructure that was deployed at airports, transit hubs, and wastewater systems across the U.S. and 10+ countries. We expect to see Perimeter continue to grow to meet humanity’s need to stay safe from biological threats.
We could not be more proud of what that team has accomplished and could not be more excited about what they will do next.
We are excited to see Perimeter continue to grow to keep the world safe.
Congratulations to the entire Perimeter team. The mission continues!
prnewswire.com/news-releases…
Today we’re launching Perimeter (formerly @Ginkgo_Biosec ) , the world’s first integrated biosecurity infrastructure platform designed close the gap between biothreat detection and decisive response.
Our CEO @matt_f_mcknight on Bloomberg TV this morning: bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
Press release: prnewswire.com/news-releases…