Rodrigo Cortes

@RodrigoCorEst

Building Automated Bio-reactors with @RoMcLocko

anaula.bio Joined April 2026

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Rodrigo Cortes @RodrigoCorEst Apr 29

Bio-production has an Engineering problem. We’re fixing it by building the automation layer for biologics to scale.

Here are a some insights about Anaula from @RoMcLocko at @DiscipulusVent Demo Day in El Segundo.

Atoms Not Bits Verified account @AtomsNotBits Apr 29

GLP-1 drugs are one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical markets ever. This startup is building the autonomous factory to produce them at scale.

Founded by @RoMcLocko and @RodrigoCorEst, part of the @DiscipulusVent Spring Cohort.

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Rodrigo Cortes @RodrigoCorEst May 13

a CAD model and a bootstrapped bioreactor humming in the back. We’re building fast and breaking things.
The road to automated biofactories starts like this.

Who else is in the trenches?

Rodrigo Cortes @RodrigoCorEst May 4

Knowing @jared_western this is going to be huge. This man operates at serious speed!

Jared West Verified account @jared_western May 4

Western Chemicals Pilot Plant is now officially under construction in El Segundo! We are spinning up domestic fuel production capacity with historic speed, stay tuned for updates!
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Rodrigo Cortes @RodrigoCorEst May 1

True

Sammy Verified account @ToughSammy May 1

At Mustard Biopharma, we are also fixing Biopharma manufacturing right now.

Biopharma manufacturing today is

• Slow (12–18 month lead times)
• Capital intensive (millions upfront for small batches)
• Operationally inefficient (30–40% lost capacity annually)
• Fragmented across disconnected factories
• Dependent on fragile centralized supply chains
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Rodrigo Cortes @RodrigoCorEst May 1

Great to present Anaula and talk to laureate scientists and experts in microbiology at the School of Biosystems and Food Engineering at @ucddublin