Plex, a privately owned US company founded in 2009, operates a streaming service offering access to thousands of movies and television shows. As of 2023, the company employs approximately 180 people and generates less than $250 million in annual revenue.
Plex Research announced a collaboration with Ginkgo Bioworks on Friday to use artificial intelligence for analyzing a large gene expression cell perturbation dataset. Financial details were not disclosed. On an unspecified date, Plex Research also partnered with Ginkgo Datapoints, a Ginkgo Bioworks service, to use the Plex AI Platform. This partnership aims to improve understanding of compound treatment mechanisms and identify potential new therapeutic applications using a large perturbation response profiling dataset. A new version of Plex's mobile application was also released, featuring expanded artwork and streamlined navigation.