AtlasBase, a pioneer in Molecular Computing, today announced the formation of its Advisory Board, bringing together leading genomics pioneers, molecular chemists, computational biologists, and enterprise infrastructure veterans to guide the commercialization of its Molecular Computing platform. As enterprise data demands accelerate and AI workloads strain traditional IT architecture, the board will work alongside AtlasBase leadership to advance platform development, commercial strategy, and the enterprise scaling of its Molecular Compute and Molecular Data Storage technologies in synthetic DNA.

The announcement follows the September 2026 launch of Thalia, AtlasBase’s proprietary DNA synthesis chip that delivers petabyte-scale synthetic DNA creation. With 5.6 billion electrochemical synthesis sites, Thalia represents a 700x scale increase over previously available DNA synthesis chips, overcoming a critical technical barrier to bringing molecular computing to AI scale. The board will work closely with AtlasBase leadership to guide exploration strategy, platform development, and technology scaling as the company advances its molecular compute and enterprise data initiatives.

“Building a commercial molecular platform this ambitious requires deep integration between advanced biotechnology and large-scale data center infrastructure,” said Jeff Treuhaft, CEO of AtlasBase. “Our advisory board brings together the people who invented the technology behind modern DNA sequencing with the leaders who built the enterprise storage and networking infrastructure that runs today’s data centers. That combined expertise is exactly what’s needed to turn Molecular Computing into a commercial reality at AI scale.”

AtlasBase Advisory Board Members

The Advisory Board brings together expertise across key technology disciplines, providing ongoing strategic guidance as AtlasBase scales its Molecular Computing platform.

Technology Advisors:

  • Shuki Bruck, Ph.D. — Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus, Caltech; Founding Director, Caltech IST Program

  • Jason Hartlove — VP Optics/Display, Meta; Former CEO, Nanosys

  • Jay Kidd — Former CTO, NetApp and Brocade; Former Partner, Wing Venture Capital

“The use of DNA for enterprise storage, compute and data management will expand the boundaries of how data will be used by the transformative technologies of today,” said Kidd. “I am excited to join AtlasBase on this journey.”

Scientific Advisors:

  • Colin Nuckolls, Ph.D. — Sheldon and Dorothea Buckler Professor of Material Science, Columbia University

  • Geoff Smith, Ph.D. — CEO and Founder, Syndex Bio; Former Global Head of Technology Development, Illumina; Inventor of MiSeq and Paired End Sequencing

  • David Walt, Ph.D. — Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard Medical School; Scientific Founder of Illumina, Inc.

“The innovations being pursued at AtlasBase will fuel not only the future of data storage but will lead to many other transformative technologies,” said Walt. “I’m excited to be part of the team.”

For more information about AtlasBase and its Advisory Board, visit https://www.atlasbase.com/blog/atlasbase-molecular-computing-advisory-board

About AtlasBase

AtlasBase is a molecular computing company pioneering the next generation of enterprise IT data infrastructure. Building on its breakthrough innovations in DNA synthesis, AtlasBase combines proprietary bio-silicon, electrochemical, semiconductor based DNA synthesis, molecular data storage, and molecular computing into a unified platform to help organizations securely preserve, access, and compute on data at unprecedented scale. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco, AtlasBase is creating a new enterprise data layer that complements traditional IT architectures to help organizations prepare for the next generation of AI-driven, data-intensive computing. AtlasBase is backed by leading investors, including ARCH Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions, Deerfield Management, Earth Foundry, and Twist Bioscience. Learn more at www.atlasbase.com.

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