Infera

Control lab instruments with natural language.

Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveHealthcareIndustrial BioArtificial IntelligenceSaaSB2BBiotech

What they do

Problem

Labs struggle to translate experiment intent into validated, instrument-ready protocols across diverse equipment and systems.

Solution

Infera is an AI-native lab compiler that converts natural-language experiment descriptions into validated protocols, vendor-specific instrument scripts, and integrated data/inventory workflows.

Who it's for

Wet labs in biotech, pharma, and research institutions that run experiments on multiple lab instruments.

Founders

Troy Zhang

Founder

Founder at Infera. R. H. Cox Research Fellow in Nobel Prize winning lab. Dual BS in Political Science and Computation and Neural Systems from Caltech.

Chloe Sow

Founder

Co-Founder of Infera (YC P26). Built research software and medical devices at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's, Fred Hutch and PNNL. MechE + CS at Harvard.