We've just added a waiting list sub our homepage! Join if you want to be notified of news related to the Dark Bio project, the Ark I enclave or the genomic platform we're building out.

Per out transparency policy, we've published the public keys for the Ark I `friend` and `founder` series: secure boot-, firmware update- and device attestation keys. github.com/dark-bio/tra... The `friend` series is a limited edition gift to select people, paid by @karalabe.bsky.social.

Prepping for the weekend lego session 😎

I’ll be at ETHCluj with my Dark Bio Ark today, if anyone wants to see a live demo of what it can do 🔥 Come find me around the coffee area!

Last batch of components just arrived for the founder series Ark I ❤️‍🔥

Did you know the human genome is 3.2GB in length? The pinnacle of civilisation, an ode to the ingenuity of nature, a complexity we can only hope to one day understand... Then there's onion with 16GB =)

Peter's slides from yesterday's ETHPrague conference talk is up! "Self-sovereign genomics, turning biology cypherpunk." Mind you, due to the presentation software not working on mobile, the pdf is a collection of flat screenshot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ talks.dark.bio/2026-ethprag...

See y’all in Prague 😋

The Dark Bio: Ark Companion mobile app has been published in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store! ❤️🤍 Do note, it requires an Ark to pair with. Without a device, it's mostly dud. Links in the following posts:

First talk I'll ever give about @dark.bio... no pressure... none whatsoever... 🙈

Founders edition pre-production operational. Waiting for some final components to arrive and placing the order for the electricals for the Ark I.

Mechanical parts done, just unboxed them, feels like xmas 😁 Will leave the measurements for tomorrow, otherwise I’m not gonna sleep if I find an issue 🫠 Cc @dark.bio

Our teaser was getting stale... so we made a new one 🤭

We are putting together an initial batch of these (25 pcs) and they should be ready in about 6-8 weeks depending on suppliers; barring last minute fuckups. We're looking for people who would be interested in playing with them; but who can also afford to support the project. 🧵

First picture of the USB-C version of the Dark Bio - Ark I, running on our fancy demo dock! 💚 Can't believe we have to state this, but the image is a picture we took on a 3 year old phone. It's not render, it's not AI, and it's not post-processed. What is the world coming to...

Preparing for conference season 😊

A week ago we've gifted our first production Ark and on Thursday we've show its recipient how to use it. Today they've sent us this screenshot, a genetic diabetes analysis. Ran on an Ark, privately, with 0 data leakage. 🤯 Slow at first, then all of a sudden... 🤍❤️

As a commitment to transparency, we've created a repository of our signing keys and operations. The repository also includes YubiHSM and YubiKey provenance attestations, signer certificate chains and full audit logs. More in an upcoming blog post.

This year is going to be special 🧬

First production devices, heading to Basel ❤️🇨🇭🤍

Come see what we've been up to 🧬

Good morning! We've just published our next post in our blog series, this time about the threats of quantum computing on cryptography, the current state of affairs, and remaining challenges. TL;DR: The tools are ready. It's your turn now. Time to build! blog.dark.bio/2026/02/13/q...

This is why we build privacy tech.

Saturday morning announce: Just published the Dark Bio #flutter post-quantum cryptography package. It is an FFI wrapper around the #rust crate, with a nice #dart API and neat pub dev packaging. TL;DR: post-quantum cryptography on #android and #ios!

Happy to announce that I've finally published / tagged the Dark Bio post-quantum cryptography packages for both #rust and #golang. I'm certain there will be tiny tweaks here and there, but I'll try to commit to semantic versioning going forward (within v0 expectations!). Njoy 🤓

How it started, Jan 2025: First hardware sketch How it's going, Jan 2026: Live device at @ns.com

I've been told, for resilience and security, you need multiple competing implementations of something. Challenge accepted. Presenting the Dark Bio post-quantum cryptography suite, implemented in both #rust and #golang 🥰 My fuzzer says they're the same 😅

Happy new year! 🥳 Thrilled to announce a new blog series for the Dark Bio project, focusing on hardware, software and wetware!

Last teaser of the year: sneak peek view of the companion app for the Ark I. Next year's going to be a busy one for Dark Bio! Until then, happy holidays everyone. ❄️

By popular demand, USB-C Ark I.

Doing a final end of the year push, starting to take steps towards having a globally recognised / authoritative identity for the Ark I.

We haven't got any certification work done yet, but one step is figuring out what and where needs to be highlighted on the Ark. First prototype etching done.

Our story began exactly one year ago, with a wild idea to do something nobody tried: self-sovereign genomics. A year later, that idea became a reality. Whilst there is infinite work ahead, this one year mark is a moment for us to celebrate our progress. Behold, the Ark I.

Best in class, never compromise...

Happy to announce that we've been granted a USB product ID under the Raspberry Foundation vendor umbrella! Thank you @raspberrypi.com!

Our founder, @karalabe.bsky.social, will be attending @devcon.org in Buenos Aires in 2 weeks and will have a few "business cards" to give out. Now, we're not saying that these are functional... but we're also not saying that these are non-functional ;) Come (or rather go and) say hi!

New Ark I prototype just arrived, capable of storing not only the human genome (~3B basepairs, 1.6GB compressed), but the entire 30x sequencing data that's generated via an Illumina sequencer (~100B basepairs, 60.5GB compressed).

Your genome is the essence of what makes you, you. Nobody can be trusted to safe-guard that. No laboratory, no company, no government... not us. It's your responsibility to keep your genome private; and our mission, to help you do so!

Thrilled to announce, that Dark Bio AG is officially incorporated in Zug, Switzerland! 🇨🇭 Infinite work to be done, but it's a huge step towards private, sovereign and personal genomics. 🧬 Thank you everyone involved in this milestone! 🤍

First develop device to be shared with someone 🥹 Yes, it is 3D printed to allow roughing it and taking it apart if need be. Still looks gorgeous... 🤩

The Ark companion app just got a facelift :) It's not yet coded up so the small details are not final, but definitely shaping up to look amazing 😊

Do I know anyone in my follower list who can do a small text animation for a mobile app startup screen? It's for my @dark.bio project, looking to start with the logo, then have the DNA strand animated to unwind into a D and then have "ark Bio" appear afterwards.

New root of trust for my @dark.bio genomic Arks. 🥳 Because I don't want to trust myself to not mess up handling the root keys. Also because I can generate an audit log of signatures to prove nothing malicious was ever signed. #yubihsm #darkbio

Trying to convince a friend to help me with my @dark.bio genomic project; his first question: "How can I debug the device"? Me: Ugh, you need a dev board and a custom prototype assembly. Him: ... Me: Oh FFS, I'll make you a shell access to the thing. A month later: It vörks 😊

Who's interested in becoming an alpha tester? ;) (aiming around August)

Slow at first, then all at once 🥹

Thinking of doing a security contest for the Dark Bio devices (far in the future): - Auction away a small number of devices (10-25). - Give people 2-3 months to hack / jailbreak them. - Anyone succeeding walks away with the pot. No jailbreak => pot used to bootstrap the launch.

“Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.”

Well, making a packaging inlay (i.e. the thing in the box that separates your stuff) out of moulded pulp costs $2000+ setup fee 😅... Fine for prod, but I'm not there yet. So, I've decided to design my own inlay 😋 Still work in progress (e.g. junk color), but it vörks 🥳

Oh, lookie, just got a Verified badge from GitHub 😋