Alameda, California-based biomanufacturing company Pow.Bio has been named a 2026 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum for its AI-enabled continuous fermentation platform. The platform aims to lower production costs and accelerate scale-up for bio-based products by decoupling microbial growth from production, resulting in higher productivity at lower capital costs.

Founded in 2019, Pow.Bio's approach to fermentation seeks to make precision fermentation commercially viable at scale by keeping cells in a productive state continuously. The company recently opened a demonstration facility and partnered with Bühler Group to bring an integrated continuous precision fermentation platform to market. As a Technology Pioneer, Pow.Bio will participate in the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, to engage with leaders on the future of industrial biomanufacturing and the potential of biology to transform production processes. CEO Shannon Hall emphasized the importance of reliable, scalable, and economically competitive manufacturing systems to realize this potential.