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Brightnest Technologies

From the cell to the perimeter.

We build sensors, laboratory automation and decision software for biotechnology and security.

Why one company

Biology and security look like different worlds. Underneath, they share one problem: measuring something complex, understanding it quickly and acting responsibly.

What we build

  1. BiotechnologyLaboratory automation, biosensing and computational biology./0.1
  2. 7448 AIPredicting gut metabolite profiles from microbiome sequencing./0.2
  3. SecurityAutonomous sensing, site protection and command software./0.3
  4. PenumbraA counter-UAS system in development, for detecting, tracking and identifying small drones./0.4
  5. Core platformShared sensing, edge compute and models beneath every system we build./0.5

01Biotechnology

  • Lab automation
  • Biosensing
  • Computational biology
  • Biosecurity

Make biology measurable.

Automated lab systems, sensors and models that turn living systems into reliable data, so discoveries move from bench to world faster.

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02Security

  • Autonomous sensing
  • Site protection
  • Command software
  • Resilience

See first. Decide on evidence.

Autonomous sensors and command software that detect, track and explain activity around critical sites, with a person making every decision.

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03Penumbra

  • Detect
  • Track
  • Identify
  • Inform

Penumbra. Counter-UAS.

A counter-drone system in development, designed to detect, track and identify small drones near critical sites. A person decides every response.

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Night-time LiDAR scan of a valley with three tracked contacts and a pulsing ground sensor

Core platform

One core beneath every system.

  1. 01Sense

    Capture better signal at the edge.

    Radar, optical, acoustic, chemical, biological. Every system starts with measurement taken where events happen: at the bench, on the line, at the fence.

  2. 02Understand

    Turn signal into a model you can question.

    Fusion and machine learning that explain what they see, with uncertainty stated plainly, so anyone relying on a result can see how it was reached.

  3. 03Act

    Put clear options in front of people.

    Fast enough to act on, transparent enough to defend. Our systems recommend; accountable people decide.

How we build

Principles we hold ourselves to.

  1. Prototype before we promise.

    We would rather put a working system in front of you than a roadmap. Claims follow evidence, never the other way around.

  2. Hardware and software as one.

    The hardest problems sit on the boundary between the physical and the digital. We own both sides of it.

  3. People stay in command.

    Our systems inform decisions. Accountable humans make them, with the evidence in view.

  4. Built to be trusted.

    Privacy, safety and security are written into the first specification and tested before anything ships.

Careers

Build what comes next.

We are assembling a small founding team of engineers and scientists who would rather ship than speculate.

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