# Benchling Builds Digital Data Foundation Powering Sanofi AI-Driven R&D

Over 30 global teams and 1,500 scientists at Sanofi use Benchling for R&D data capture and analysis

SAN FRANCISCO, USA June 11, 2024 – [Benchling](https://www.benchling.com/), the R&D Cloud powering the biotech industry, today announced that global pharmaceutical company [Sanofi](https://www.sanofi.com/en) is using Benchling across more than 1,500 scientists from 30 teams.

Benchling is working with Sanofi to transition from legacy R&D systems to a digital platform through Benchling R&D Cloud; this is an integral process to enable Sanofi's AI-powered R&D ambition. As a result of Sanofi’s digital and AI leadership, R&D teams are able to scale and accelerate groundbreaking research processes in just hours instead of weeks.

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“Sanofi is paving the way for a new era of biotechnology, where every stage of R&D is faster, smarter, and more automated,” said Sajith Wickramasekara, CEO and co-founder Benchling. “Sanofi’s adoption of Benchling unlocks their ability to harness AI. With our R&D Cloud, Sanofi scientists can do their best work and accelerate timelines for life-changing medicines.”

Benchling R&D Cloud is used by teams across Sanofi, including early discovery-omics such as precision oncology, core therapeutic pipeline teams including novel modalities like mRNA, all the way up the lifecycle to translational teams. Through Benchling’s R&D Cloud, complex data from various departments at Sanofi is aggregated, enabling better decision-making, analytics, and collaboration. This real-time visibility into standardized data across teams gives Sanofi high-quality inputs to gain new insight faster.

**About Benchling** Benchling creates the software that powers the biotechnology industry, serving cutting-edge start-ups and more than half of the top 50 global biopharma companies. Over 200,000 scientists rely on the Benchling R&D Cloud as their central source of truth for scientific data, analysis, and collaboration. With software purpose-built for biology, Benchling is on a mission to unlock the power of biotechnology.

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