Phylo's Biomni Lab Wants to Be the GitHub Copilot of Biology — and a16z Just Bet $13.5M on It

Stanford spinout Phylo launched Biomni Lab in February 2026 — the first Integrated Biology Environment where AI agents run end-to-end biological research. Backed by a16z, Anthropic, and Ginkgo Bioworks as an early customer, it's the clearest commercial proof yet that agentic biology is infrastructure, not hype.