Amyris vs Geno

Amyris was an Emeryville fermentation company that engineered yeast to make ingredients like squalane; it overspent building consumer-beauty brands, filed Chapter 11 in 2023, and sold off its brands and assets.

Geno (Genomatica) develops fermentation routes that turn plants and renewable feedstocks into building-block chemicals like BDO and nylon intermediates.