General Biological (GB) is an innovative industrial chemical and hardware manufacturing company focused on developing scalable, low-cost biomanufacturing technologies. With a mission to revolutionize industrial chemical products and materials by utilizing carbohydrates instead of hydrocarbons, GB aims to establish the 21st-century refinery. The company emphasizes vertical integration, combining biotechnology, chemistry, and integrated hardware-software engineering to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. By leveraging a unique non-model organism with exceptional metabolic flexibility, GB is poised to industrialize biotechnology through custom bioreactor hardware and streamlined operations, ultimately transforming the landscape of chemical production.