Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. is a biotech company. Its platform is market agnostic and enables biotechnology applications across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to industrial chemicals to pharmaceuticals. It operates through the Cell Programming/Foundry, and Biosecurity segments. The company was founded by Jason Kelly, Reshma Shetty, Bartholomew Canton, Austin Che, and Thomas F. Knight, Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.