[4] The Arc Institute maintains eight laboratories in their facility in the Stanford Research Park and funds projects at partner universities.
[7][8][9] Dave Burke, former Vice President of Engineering for Google’s Android division, became the Chief Technology Officer of the Arc Institute in 2024.
[9] Arc Core Investigators work within the institute itself with a budget to support a lab of up to 20 people and full funding for laboratory operations for eight years.
[9] In 2024, Arc researcher Patrick Hsu and collaborators[12][13] developed a new method of genetic engineering called "bridge RNA" that simplifies the process of gene modification with increased precision to minimize disease risk.
[15][16][11] Also in 2024, Hsu and Brian Hie trained an AI model on 300 billion DNA letters including long sequences of bacteria and archaea.