# Mark Budde -  How to speed up wet-lab biology

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Podcast: [The New Biology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-biology-7854092)
Published: 2026-05-08T16:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Plasmidsaurus took plasmid sequencing from $600 to $15 and turned a "boring" service company idea into a hugely successful company serving 70,000+ scientists. In this episode, CEO Mark Budde and Niko McCarty get into the bigger question: what does it take for companies to automate and scale wet-lab biology methods in the same way that Plasmidsaurus did for sequencing? They cover the early Oxford Nanopore bet, the obsession with speed, and why Mark won’t sell customer data to AI labs. This podcast is made possible by Astera Institute.

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