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DNAnexus Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List, the Most Prestigious Ranking of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Company Recognized for Three-Year Revenue Growth, Earning a Place Among the Nation’s Most Successful Independent Businesses
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — August 11, 2026 — DNAnexus today announced it has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, the annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list is the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s prominent independent and entrepreneurial businesses, recognizing companies that have achieved remarkable growth while driving innovation, creating jobs, and shaping the future of the economy. Past honorees include companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Oracle, and Patagonia.
"Inclusion in the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies reflects the trust the world's leading health and life sciences organizations place in DNAnexus," said Thomas Laur, CEO of DNAnexus. "For years, we have empowered them to turn their omics data into governed, AI-ready assets, fueling the discoveries that improve patient outcomes. Our exceptional growth over the past few years signals the rapid emergence of the molecular data object across Healthcare. As omics and AI converge, DNAnexus has become the clear standard for turning that convergence into scientific breakthroughs.”
The recognition caps a period of accelerating growth for DNAnexus, the platform where frontier science happens. Founded in 2009, it has become foundational to modern scientific pursuits. DNAnexus is home to the largest globally connected community of scientists, spanning over 64,000 researchers across 54 countries and 130+ enterprises, running on 135+ petabytes of omics data. Omics is the world's most complex data in healthcare as it is longitudinal, multimodal, computationally heavy, and subject to the most rigorous regulatory scrutiny in science. DNAnexus turns omics data into a reusable, enterprise-grade asset, validated to the same standard whether a scientist or an AI model acts on it. It is where AI is orchestrated across the precision health ecosystem, and where data becomes discovery at an unmatched industrial scale.
This year’s Inc. 5000 recognizes a new class of companies redefining what growth looks like. From AI and advanced manufacturing to healthcare, consumer products, and professional services, these businesses are expanding their impact, creating jobs and proving that entrepreneurial ambition continues to fuel the U.S. economy. Among the 5,000 companies on the list, the median three-year revenue growth rate was 130%, and those companies have collectively added more than 627,208 jobs to the U.S. economy over the past three years.
For the full Inc. 5000 list, honoree company profiles, and a searchable database by industry and location, please visit: www.inc.com/inc5000.
“Every company on the Inc. 5000 has a story of perseverance, smart decision making, and a refusal to sit still,” says Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Their growth reflects more than strong financial performance–it reflects creativity, resilience, and the customer focus required to build companies that make a lasting impact. We congratulate all honorees on this significant achievement.”
About DNAnexus
Founded in 2009, DNAnexus is the world's most trusted platform for omics data enablement, transforming the most complex data in healthcare into a governed, AI‑ready, reusable asset. DNAnexus gives pharmaceutical, diagnostic, health system, biobank, and regulatory organizations a single platform to contextualize, orchestrate, and federate multimodal omics data, translating it into a source code for discovery. Today, DNAnexus is where the largest globally connected community of scientists synthesizes biological intelligence at unmatched industrial scale. More than 64,000 researchers across 54 countries and 130+ enterprise customers run production‑grade and regulatory‑grade omics work on DNAnexus, processing 135+ petabytes of genomic and multimodal data. Learn more at dnanexus.com.
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Inc. 5000 List Methodology
Companies on the 2026 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2022 to 2025. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2022. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2025. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2022 is $100,000; the minimum for 2025 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
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