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BillionToOne | Staff Software Engineer | SF Bay Area | Hybrid or Remote BillionToOne has developed a DNA molecular counter that increases cfDNA diagnostic resolution by over 1,000x…

BillionToOne is a YC Top Company ( https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/ ) that has the most advanced genetic tests in the world. Our proprietary DNA sequencing technology has …

We used a law firm. The paperwork was quite straightforward because our attorney managed it.

I'm the Co-founder and CTO of BillionToOne, one of the biotech companies profiled in the post. We're recently opened up a position for a Staff Software Engineer ( https://apply.wor…

BillionToOne (YCS17) | Staff/Senior Software Engineer | Remote (US) or Onsite (Menlo Park CA) | www.billiontoone.com BillionToOne develops innovative diagnostics tests that can aff…

I completely agree with the point about integrated REPL/IDE, and wanted to share some of the combinations I have used in the past, since it can be a concrete getting started point …

A turn around time of 24-36 hours should be easily achievable for the performing lab, depending on the time of day the specimen arrives (morning vs afternoon). It takes about 1 hou…

Our technique would still be affected by shortages in specimen collection (like swabs). Purely speculative, but I think if swabs remain an issue for too long, alternatives could st…

My guess is that self-swabbing is allowed in the Seattle SCAN study because it is a research study. The SCAN study is super fascinating because it would be crazy unusual under norm…

Thanks for the question! The goal of skipping RNA extraction is to decrease the amount of labor necessary for processing samples and also to eliminate a dependency on RNA extractio…

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The Abbott machines are point-of-care devices that typically sit in doctor's offices. One really interesting use case I've heard of for the Abbott machines is to test all OB patien…

"When you’re fundraising, it’s AI When you’re hiring, it’s ML When you’re implementing, it’s linear regression" The core of our machine learning is Ax=b :grins: More seriously, the…

1) and 2) are exactly right. 3) is almost right--these sanger sequencing instruments are already widely available across the country for research use. Here in the Bay Area, I can c…

Thank you for your efforts as well! Sample collection and accessioning (accessioning is unpacking test tubes one by one and aliquoting them into plates in the lab) is definitely go…

Thanks for letting me know about the site! This is a test to see if someone has a current COVID-19 infection. The antibody tests (serological) tests are also important, but since i…

I'm the co-founder and CTO at BillionToOne. I'm happy to answer any questions here. I've also posted a slightly more technical explanation of how the test works and why it can scal…

Do you want to develop prenatal diagnostics that can affect the lives of millions of expecting parents? BillionToOne (Y Combinator S17) is looking for a Senior Software Engineer. W…

BillionToOne | Senior Software Engineer | Full-time | Onsite | Menlo Park, CA Do you want to develop prenatal diagnostics that can affect the lives of millions of expecting parents…