Boston – – October 08, 2026 -- Araceli Biosciences and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) have integrated Araceli's Endeavor high-content imaging instrument into Nebula, Ginkgo's autonomous laboratory in Boston, adding what the companies describe as the world's fastest high-content imaging system to a facility already running more than 100 automated carts around the clock.
Endeavor images a 1536-well plate in under four minutes
The Endeavor instrument captures and analyzes cellular data from a full 1536-well plate in less than four minutes, running continuously alongside Nebula's other always-on experiments. The system is built on Ginkgo's Reconfigurable Automation Carts (RACs), modular units combining robotic arms, automated sample transport and unified control software that let instruments be added or rearranged as research workflows shift.
ClaireRT software flags quality issues as images are captured
Araceli's ClaireRT software analyzes every well in real time as it is imaged. When a well falls outside defined quality criteria, the system can alert operators or Nebula directly, or halt imaging so issues are resolved before an experiment proceeds further.
Nebula already runs 100+ automation carts serving dozens of scientists daily
Dozens of scientists submit protocols to Nebula each day and receive data the next day, with the autonomous lab performing work equivalent to many human scientists in parallel while occupying roughly one-third the space of a comparable traditional lab bench.
Matt Beaudet, President and CEO of Araceli Biosciences, said the next generation of AI in drug discovery requires a different scale of biological data, with labs now generating cellular data, interpreting results and responding in real time. Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, said an autonomous lab becomes more valuable with each best-in-class instrument added, giving scientists access to top-tier imaging connected to other instruments on a single software system running experiments continuously.