Toolchest

Toolchest, located in Mountain View, CA and offering remote services, is a company specializing in providing computational biology tools through the cloud for the B2B market, particularly in the infrastructure sub-industry. As a participant in the Y-Combinator W22 batch, Toolchest offers significant speed enhancements, claiming to deliver analysis results up to 100 times faster for drug discovery companies. The company supports a variety of programming environments including Python and R, and integrates with popular platforms like Jupyter notebooks and RStudio. Toolchest simplifies the use of cloud infrastructure for its users, allowing them to run open-source tools at scale without the need to manage the underlying technology. Additionally, Toolchest offers a free tier that includes 50 free vCPU hours and provides support through email or Slack. Their pricing model is transparent and usage-based, with per-minute billing available for services typically priced by the hour. At the end of each month, customers receive an invoice for their usage. Toolchest also accommodates requests for regulatory compliance and service level agreements.