Its headquarters is located in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, California[1] and includes a former microbrewery that has been converted into Wildtype's first Fishery where their cultivated seafood is produced.

Wildtype's first product is cultivated Pacific salmon that will offer several benefits when compared to conventionally-harvested fish.

[6] They started exploring funding possibilities in 2015, but after their applications for several government science grants yielded no results, they opted for venture capital instead.

[6] In June 2019, the company held a tasting at a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, where guests were served an array of dishes made with Wildtype's first cultivated salmon prototype.

[6] The company is working to bring down production costs to be competitive with conventional wild and farmed salmon.