Our mission

Every instrument, proven ready for the discovery it is about to make.

ZdefLabs is building the measurement and intelligence layer that connects physical laboratory performance to software-driven and agentic workflows.

Why ZdefLabs

Calibration comes before orchestration.

An AI agent can schedule, pipette, read, and decide—but it cannot infer whether a physical instrument is truly in tolerance. We turn that hidden condition into live evidence.

20+ years

Diagnostics, automation, and precision instruments

Vendor-agnostic

Designed for heterogeneous laboratory fleets

Digital records

Timestamped readiness beyond paper sign-off

Open to agents

State that can complement emerging standards

Founder

Built at the intersection of hardware and software.

Ben Hsieh

Founder & CEO

Ben has more than two decades of experience scaling diagnostics, automation, and precision-instrument companies from early stage to commercial scale. A former Head of Automation, he bridges hardware engineering with software-driven laboratory workflows.

Freenome · CareDx · Invitae · MS, Johns Hopkins · EMBA, Quantic · MIT-certified CTO · Stanford-certified Project Manager

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