# OpenAI — GPT-5 lowers the cost of cell-free protein synthesis

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-02-05T11:00:00+00:00
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Models affected: GPT-5
- Source: https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-lowers-protein-synthesis-cost
- Record: https://forck.live/items/278-gpt-5-lowers-the-cost-of-cell-free-protein-synthesis

OpenAI's GPT-5, combined with Ginkgo Bioworks' cloud automation, reduced cell-free protein synthesis costs by 40% through closed-loop experimentation.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-lowers-protein-synthesis-cost:

> An autonomous lab combining OpenAI’s GPT-5 with Ginkgo Bioworks’ cloud automation cut cell-free protein synthesis costs by 40% through closed-loop experimentation.

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