CAMBRIDGE, MA – Cypher AI, the company building intelligent digital infrastructure for life sciences research and development, today announced the appointment of Jamie Cho as Vice President of Engineering, effective April 2026. He is currently advising the company during a transition period prior to his start date. Cho will lead engineering strategy and execution as Cypher scales its AI-native platform connecting scientific intent to experimental execution across labs, instruments, CROs, and analysis environments.
Cypher AI provides an adaptive infrastructure layer for research organizations built on a proprietary R&D data model, including native ELN and LIMS models designed for dynamic scientific workflows. Rather than acting only as a passive system of record, the platform operates as an execution layer that generates, orchestrates, and adapts experimental workflows as research evolves.
Cho brings nearly three decades of experience building production-grade scientific software at scale. He holds BS and MEng degrees in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has spent his career at the intersection of software, instruments, and biology.
Most recently, Cho served as Head of Software at Sapient Bioanalytics, where he led delivery of the DynamiQ scientific database, metabolomics analysis pipelines, and the company’s analytics foundation. Prior to that, he spent 9 years as Head of Software at Ginkgo Bioworks, growing the engineering organization from 8 to 70 engineers across 8 teams. During his tenure, he delivered foundational capabilities including laboratory information management systems (LIMS), DNA design and construction tools, next-generation sequencing analysis pipelines, and metabolomics platforms developed in close collaboration with bench scientists.
Earlier in his career, including his work at BioTrove and Bruker, Cho led development of embedded and robotics-integrated systems, giving him experience across hardware-integrated software, large-scale cloud platforms, and secure development environments.
“Modern biology cannot run on static software,” said Yaoyu Yang, PhD, Founder and CEO of Cypher AI. “Scientific workflows are discovered, not predefined. Jamie has built the kinds of systems that adapt as science evolves. As we scale Cypher’s proprietary ELN, LIMS, and R&D data infrastructure into larger biotech environments, his leadership will be critical.”
Cypher AI develops software that enables research organizations to design and operate experiments through AI-driven workflows spanning laboratory execution, external research partners, and data analysis environments. Cho’s appointment comes as the company expands deployments into larger and more complex biotechnology organizations.
“Scientists today are forced to coordinate between ELNs, LIMS, spreadsheets, scripts, and external labs,” said Cho. “Cypher AI is building the operational infrastructure that connects these systems into a coherent research environment. I’m excited to help scale the engineering organization to support this next phase of growth.”
Cho will focus on expanding Cypher’s engineering team, deepening integrations with laboratory equipment and CRO partners, strengthening secure and compliant software development practices, and advancing the company’s AI-agent framework built on its proprietary ELN and LIMS data foundation.
About Cypher AI
Cypher AI is building the intelligent digital infrastructure for life sciences R&D. The platform connects AI agents to laboratory instruments, CROs, and secure data environments using a proprietary R&D data model, including native ELN and LIMS systems designed for adaptive scientific workflows. Cypher transforms fragmented research processes into programmable systems that evolve as science evolves. Learn more at https://cypherbio.ai