# Ginkgo Bioworks signs $10M licensing agreement with Transcriptic

Ginkgo Bioworks announced a five-year collaboration with Transcriptic valued at more than $10 million to incorporate Transcriptic's robotic automation software into its Boston foundries. Transcriptic engineers will work on-site at Ginkgo.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-10-03
- Where: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Value: $10.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: robotic automation software, lab automation
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Ginkgo Bioworks](https://endata.com/companies/17713.md) (customer)
- [Transcriptic](https://endata.com/companies/17714.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [digital-science.com](https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2017/10/ginkgo-bioworks-taps-transcriptics-robotics-software-accelerate-automation-organism-design/), 2017-10-03: "Through a five year agreement valued at more than $10 million, Ginkgo will incorporate Transcriptic’s cutting-edge robotic automation software into its Boston-based foundries."

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