Ecosystem

A connected AI ecosystem for biotech R&D

Benchling AI connects instruments, external data, partner models, and enterprise systems through open standards — so insights reach scientists wherever they work.

Your data, without walls

Benchling embeds AI models into your R&D workflows, so in silico insights live right next to your wet lab data. Stay flexible as AI evolves by using the right tools, without vendor lock-in. Benchling makes it easy to run open source and proprietary models and bring insights back into your workflows.

  • Enrich Benchling workflows with predictions from in-silico models

  • Export structured data to feed your own ML pipelines

  • Switch model providers without rebuilding your infrastructure

  • Keep your data secure while using the models you want

Your institutional memory, in one place

MCP-native by design

Benchling uses MCP (Model Context Protocol) as a first-class integration layer to connect your AI tools and data systems through standard connectors — no custom APIs required. As an MCP client, Benchling AI can connect to external models, data sources, and partner tools. As an MCP server, Benchling can securely expose structured scientific context — experiments, entities, results, and relationships — to approved AI assistants and chat applications.

  • Connect partner tools without custom APIs

  • Let scientists access Benchling context from their external AI interfaces

  • Maintain governance, permissions, and IP controls

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Best-in-class AI, built into Benchling

From leading model providers to biotech innovators, partners are building with Benchling to bring intelligence directly into experimental workflows.

  • Run predictions from NVIDIA BioNeMo, Anthropic Claude and OpenAI in your existing workflows

  • Participate in federated learning through Lilly TuneLab

  • Skip procurement cycles and infrastructure setup

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Designed for an expanding partner ecosystem

Benchling is building an ecosystem where best-in-class tools don’t live in silos — they operate directly within experimental workflows. Using open standards like MCP, partners can bring their capabilities into Benchling while maintaining ownership of their technology, infrastructure, and IP.

The result: partner tools that are more powerful because they understand experimental context — and scientists who get answers without leaving their work.

  • Partner-owned services, surfaced inside Benchling

  • Context-aware execution without rebuilding UIs

  • Governed, secure access to live experimental state

Learn more about the AI partner ecosystem

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