Epistra

• 小澤 陽介 - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Events

• 2026-10-01 - Partnership - Epistra signs life-science AI cooperation memorandum with Takara Bio

  Proposed work spans genomics and omics analysis, process improvement, quality management and joint customer proposals. The initial evaluation indicated potential to extract insights missed by conventional analysis; expansion into contract-analysis services remains under consideration.

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• 2026-10-01 - Contract Award - Epistra joins JST ARiSE autonomous-laboratory project

  The project targets continuous autonomous experiment planning, execution and analysis by connecting AI agents, robots and laboratory equipment. Institute of Science Tokyo professor Genki Kanda leads the project, with RIKEN’s Koichi Takahashi and Epistra CEO Yosuke Ozawa as joint representatives. Epistra contributes AI-based experimental-condition optimization and experience integrating robotics into life-science research workflows.

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• 2026-06-29 - Product Launch - Epistra launches jointly developed CellTune Ver.2 internationally

  CellTune uses LC-MS culture-supernatant data to identify influential parameters and propose media compositions and culture conditions. Epistra reports that its updated optimization algorithm reduces required experiments by 40% versus Version 1 and adds simulations of optimization success probability. Shimadzu and Shimadzu Diagnostics plan domestic and international contract manufacturing of media optimized with CellTune.

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• 2025-11-27 - Demonstration - Epistra reports laboratory bioprocess validation with Hitachi and Fermelanta

  Epistra reports that 60 experiments explored an 11-variable condition space, increasing reticuline yield from 3.2 to 6.0 g/L. The release reports up to 73% fewer laboratory experiments; pilot-scale validation was planned for fiscal 2025.

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Relationships

• Takara Bio

  Technology Partner - Epistra and Takara Bio signed a memorandum to explore AI-driven life-science research, data analysis and bioprocess services, following an initial single-cell-data evaluation.

Comparable profiles

• Automata

  stack adjacency - Lab Instrument Orchestration

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  stack adjacency - Lab Instrument Orchestration

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  stack adjacency - Lab Instrument Orchestration

• Telescope Innovations

  stack adjacency - Lab Instrument Orchestration

• Multiply Labs

  stack adjacency - Lab Instrument Orchestration

Shared workflows

• Overture Life

  workflow adjacency - Automated Lab Workcell

• Zeon Systems

  workflow adjacency - Automated Lab Workcell

• Chemspeed Technologies

  workflow adjacency - Automated Lab Workcell

Context tags

• Lab instrument orchestration - Capability - https://www.epistra.jp/news/takara-bio-mou-2026/ — Epistra provides AI optimization and laboratory automation software across experimental workflows; not a robot hardware…
• Automated lab workcell - Workflow - https://www.epistra.jp/news/celltune_ver2/ — CellTune connects cell-culture workflow software and automated experiments; software orchestration is distinct from hardware ownership.
• Lab automation sites - Customer Environment - https://www.epistra.jp/company/ — Life-science laboratory users are customer environment only.

• Epistra joins JST ARiSE autonomous-laboratory project

  2026-10-01 · Order / contract · Epistra was selected as a joint lead institution with the Institute of Science Tokyo and RIKEN for an unmanned research-facility development project.

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