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eXoZymes Announces Graduation from Shell GameChanger(TM) Accelerator Powered by NLR (GCxN) Program
LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / Today, eXoZymes Inc. (NASDAQ:EXOZ) ("eXoZymes") - a pioneer of AI-enhanced enzymes that transform abundant
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[{"type":"text","content":"LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / Today, eXoZymes Inc. (NASDAQ:EXOZ) (\"eXoZymes\") - a pioneer of AI-enhanced enzymes that transform abundant feedstock into nutraceuticals, novel medicines, and valuable chemicals - announced its graduation from the Shell GameChanger™ Accelerator, a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program developed in collaboration between Shell and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).From 2023 to 2026, eXoZymes partnered with GCxN to advance the next generation of transformative technologies with the potential to dramatically alter the future global energy landscape. The collaboration helped advance eXoZymes' cell-free biomanufacturing platform towards commercial viability.Co-founder of eXoZymes and Chief Scientific Officer, Tyler Korman, PhD, said, \"We are not developing cell-free biomanufacturing as a science project - we are building it as a commercial platform. Working with NLR assisted us in understanding, earlier and more clearly, what it would take to scale efficiently, reduce risk, and move faster toward industrial scale production.\"eXoZymes is a biotechnology company focused on developing an enzyme-based platform and combining the best of biology and chemistry to produce new, essential, and valuable chemicals. This cell-free enzyme platform enhances biomass conversions, vastly improving the economics of bio-based chemical production. Through ongoing support and technical guidance, the GCxN program enabled researchers to evaluate various separations approaches to enhance product throughput as well as conduct technoeconomic and life cycle analysis modeling of eXoZyme's production process.Yannick Bomble, PhD, NLR, stated, \"Many of the molecules we want for fuels, materials, and chemicals are either too difficult for microbes to produce or too resource-intensive to make through traditional chemistry. What eXoZymes is showing is that there is potential for an efficient and scalable path forward using cell-free biomanufacturing with meaningful implications for both cost and reshoring.\"For more information about GCxN, visit GCxNLR.com.About the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NLR (GCxN)GCxN's mission is to discover and advance emerging energy technologies with the potential to alter the future global energy landscape dramatically. GCxN identifie...