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"I define “bio” at YC as anything enabled by biology and anything in healthcare."

Is that a common definition? I haven't consider healthcare companies as bio.

I'd be interested in the list of the 141, unsure if I'm the only one.

Okay, thought I would try to answer my own question. We write software[1] that helps research labs save money and here are companies that I'd consider bio:

Sorry if missing some:

Glowing Plant, S14

Ginko Bioworks, S14

Notable Labs, W15

Transcriptic, W15

Industrial Microbes, W15

Lygos, W16

C16 Biosciences, S18

CB Therapeutics, S18

Cytera CellWorks, S18

Hepatx, S18

Borderline:

HistoWiz, W16

Forever Labs, S17

Ambercycle, F2

[1] Lab Spend - https://labspend.com

I'd be interested in the 141 as well, but since my interpretation of the post is to highlight that bio and hard tech companies are actively funded by YC (and have been for years), I think the permissive definition is probably appropriate.

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