Annai Systems

About Annai Systems

Annai Systems, founded in 2010 by Lawrence Ganeshalingam, developed a platform to manage the complexities of next-generation sequencing data for clinical, pharmaceutical, and research sectors. Ganeshalingam, with a background in electrical engineering and sales at semiconductor companies, serves as the CEO and Founder. The company secured $12.6 million in Series A funding over seven rounds, with the latest round in August 2012.

The company's core offering was the STARPlatform (Secondary and Tertiary Analysis Platform), a bioinformatics system designed for next-generation sequencing (NGS). This platform featured networked data repositories, computation, management, and access tools. It integrated proprietary technologies like STARBox for secondary analysis and compression, and STARInsight for curated data analysis. Annai Systems also offered ShareSeq, a cloud environment for genomic data analysis and storage, and collaborated with Hitachi Data Systems to co-develop integrated data management solutions. The company's platform was utilized by entities such as the International Cancer Genome Consortium to host large datasets.

PitchBook data indicates the company is now out of business as of July 2021. The original website, annaisystems.com, is no longer active, and a company in Chennai, India, now operates under the domain annaisystems.in, specializing in computer hardware, repair services, and CCTV installation.