Twist Bioscience Corp
Twist Bioscience is a public biotechnology company based in South San Francisco that manufactures synthetic DNA and DNA products for customers in a wide range of industries. Twist was founded in 2013 by Emily Leproust, Bill Banyai, and Bill Peck.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- biotechnology [1]
- Company / filing name
- Twist Bioscience Corp [2]
- Headquarters location
- San Francisco [1]
- Founded
- 2013 [1]
- Legal form
- corporation [1]
- Founders
- Emily Leproust [1]
- Official website
- www.twistbioscience.com ↗ [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US90184D1000 [1]
- CIK
- 1581280 [2]
- Country in background record
- United States [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- TWST (Nasdaq) [2]
Company positioning and business
Twist Bioscience is a public biotechnology company based in South San Francisco that manufactures synthetic DNA and DNA products for customers in a wide range of industries. Twist was founded in 2013 by Emily Leproust, Bill Banyai, and Bill Peck. [3]
The company was represented by Leproust at a March 2021 tabletop exercise at the Munich Security Conference simulating an outbreak of weaponized monkeypox. [3]
In May 2021, Twist Bioscience and Genome Project-Write launched a new CAD platform for whole genome design. The CAD will automate workflows to enable collaborative efforts critical for scale-up from designing plasmids to megabases across entire genomes. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Twist Bioscience. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: TWST (Nasdaq). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
History and key events
Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
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Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was Twist Bioscience Corp founded?
Founded: 2013. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of Twist Bioscience Corp?
Headquarters location: San Francisco. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for Twist Bioscience Corp?
Business sectors: biotechnology. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Twist Bioscience (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.