ZHONG

About the team

With knowledge about precision fermentation and AI, the goal is the next generation of future food.

Our vision

First, precision fermentation technology has encountered problems such as insufficient bioreactor facilities during the industrialization process. Most industrial fermentation processes require bioreactors, which are basically large containers that provide ideal conditions for the reproduction and growth of microorganisms and fungi. Currently, the global bioreactor operating capacity is 61 million liters, of which only 10 million liters are unreserved, and only 2 million liters are food grade. Take the new protein industry as an example. The industry has developed rapidly in recent years, and demand is expected to continue to grow in the next few years, and most of this depends on fermentation. However, current facilities cannot meet the rapidly growing demand. On the other hand, in the research route of precision fermentation technology, there is a disconnect between upstream strain construction and midstream process development. This disconnect is manifested in that researchers focus too much on changes in genetic factors and metabolic pathway networks when constructing upstream strains, but ignore the effects of some parameters in the reactor on cells during the fermentation process. For example, the operating variables will eventually act on the cells, causing changes in the physiological state of the cells, and changes in these physiological state parameters will in turn further cause changes in the fermentation cells. Such a process is more affected by environmental variables, that is, the influence of environmental variables combined with the influence of genetic variables can provide more information variables for strain construction. In this regard, the application of AI may inject new vitality into precision fermentation technology, helping to achieve maximum production efficiency and ensure product quality.

Our solution

My solution is precision fermentation. Precision fermentation technology is also called microbial fermentation. It is an important branch of the fermentation field. This technology uses engineering reprogramming methods such as gene editing to transform microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast, algae or fungi to produce specific proteins, enzymes and other compounds. In a simple summary, the microbial host is used as a "cell factory" to produce specific functional ingredients through fermentation, and then the ingredient is separated, purified and utilized. By making sealed fermentation tanks, it can support humans to make any food they want anywhere they want.The control process can rely on the toy model and then on AI control to ensure safety and accuracy.