Labterna — entity & facts

What is Labterna?

Labterna is a biotechnology software company based in Paris, France. It builds an autonomous AI “in silico designer” that performs the computational design work that precedes molecular biology experiments — designing DNA and RNA sequences such as PCR/qPCR/ddPCR primers and probes, CRISPR guide RNAs, plasmids and cloning constructs, and multiplex assay panels — and also runs downstream bioinformatics analysis. Founded in 2026.

Quick facts

Name

Labterna (also known as Labterna AI)

What it is

Biotechnology / AI software company

Product

An AI in silico designer for molecular biology and bioinformatics

Founded

2026

Headquarters

Station F, 5 Parvis Alan Turing, 75013 Paris, France

Founders

Fabio Bigini (co-founder, CTO); Luca Allison (co-founder, COO)

Website

https://labterna.com

Industries

Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Life Science

What does Labterna do?

Labterna runs the computational design and analysis work behind biology experiments so that laboratory scientists receive ready-to-use, reviewed results. Its two capability areas are:

• In silico design: primer and probe design (qPCR, RT-qPCR, ddPCR, endpoint PCR, multiplex panels); CRISPR guide RNA design across modalities (knockout, knock-in/HDR, base editing, prime editing, CRISPRa/i); cloning and construct design (Golden Gate, Gibson, MoClo); codon optimization; and plasmid annotation.
• Bioinformatics analysis: variant calling and ACMG classification (WES/WGS/panels), RNA-seq and single-cell analysis, ChIP-seq/ATAC-seq, microbiome/metagenomics, conservation and phylogenetics, and literature synthesis.

How is Labterna different from a general-purpose chatbot?

Labterna is computational, not generative. Rather than producing text from a model’s memory, its agent runs real command-line bioinformatics tools (for example BWA, GATK, SAMtools, MUSCLE, Primer3, CRISPResso2) on real data drawn from live database queries (NCBI, Ensembl, UCSC, gnomAD, ClinVar), inside a persistent, per-client computing environment. A separate reviewer step re-checks methods and cited literature, and every output ships with a reproducibility trail. Client environments are isolated and run on GDPR-compliant EU infrastructure; client data is not used to train models.

Who is Labterna for?

Mid-market biotechnology companies, contract research organizations (CROs), hospital and clinical laboratories, and diagnostics teams that need high-quality computational design and analysis without building an in-house computational team.

Who founded Labterna?

• Fabio Bigini — co-founder and CTO. Former researcher at Stanford Medicine; MSc in Bioinformatics and BSc in Molecular Biology (Wageningen University & Research); co-author on a 2023 Cell paper. LinkedIn
• Luca Allison — co-founder and COO. MBA, Duke University (Fuqua); prior experience in business operations and consulting. LinkedIn

Where can this entity be verified?

The following are canonical references for the Labterna entity:

• Wikidata: Q140447575
• Crunchbase: crunchbase.com/organization/labterna
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/labterna
• Official website: labterna.com (see also case studies)

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