AI + engineering · Physical + biological work

Intelligence.
Put to
physical work.

AI and engineering for lab, instrument and manufacturing workflows. Start with one costly bottleneck and a scoped study of what can improve.

Discuss a workflow

Start with one bottleneck. Leave with a next step.

AI-generated illustration of an optical instrument measuring clear wells in a laboratory plate.
From computation
to something that works.
AI-generated illustration

01 / Where we help

The bottleneck is where
the work gets interesting.

Repeated runs. Manual handoffs. Results that are hard to trace. Start where an engineering improvement could change the cost, time or reliability of a real job.

02 / A practical first engagement

Know what is
worth building.

Workflow Feasibility Study

A paid, fixed-scope engineering study of one recurring workflow. Get a decision you can act on: a testable implementation scope, a smaller improvement, or a clear reason to stop.

Scope a feasibility study

Scope, fee and timing agreed before work begins.

What you take away

  1. 01

    A baseline of the bottleneck

    Map the steps, responsible people and cost of rework, waiting or manual handling.

  2. 02

    The engineering constraints

    Review representative inputs, instrument or system interfaces, permissions and failure modes.

  3. 03

    A test plan and a build decision

    Define acceptance criteria, the smallest useful test and a scoped implementation brief. Include a no-build recommendation when warranted.

This study covers engineering feasibility. Biological performance, regulated validation and production installation need their own qualified scope.

03 / Current research

Better experiments.
Better foundations.

Digital biology · Research in progress

What repeatedly costs a lab time, samples or reliable results?

We are investigating sample preparation, experiment repeatability and instrument workflows. The next step is to test the problem with the people doing the work.

Read the questions guiding our research

These are research directions. Plixo has not established a biological product, laboratory service or validated method.

Michael Ochs, founder of Plixo
Michael Ochs · Founder
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04 / The person doing the work

Engineering experience.
Curiosity about the work.

Plixo is led by Michael Ochs. His background spans AI implementation, enterprise technology and work with manufacturers, including the semiconductor industry.

I bring the engineering perspective: how systems connect, where work gets stuck, and what it takes to make an improvement usable. For biological work, that means learning the science with practitioners and defining the evidence together.

The customer's result must depend on physical work, measurement, manipulation, consumables or a qualified method we can reliably deliver.

Michael's background on LinkedIn

A useful place to start

Bring the bottleneck.
Let's find the next step.

Tell Michael what repeats, what it costs,
and what a better result would look like.

Discuss a workflow