ATUM provides tools for the design and synthesis of optimized DNA, as well as protein production and GMP cell line development.

The company is privately held[1] and continues to have all research, development and production in California, currently in their 50,000 sq ft Newark facility.

[2] It began and continues as a gene synthesis and protein engineering provider to academia, government and the pharmaceutical, chemical, agricultural and biotechnology industries.

"[6] In 2009, The Scientist named the codon design algorithms[7] (now trademarked as GeneGPS) developed by DNA2.0 as one of the "Top 10 Innovations" of the year for life sciences.

[9] ATUM has made some molecular components, such as synthetic fluorescent proteins, available in open-access collections of DNA parts (BioBricks Foundation).