10x Genomics, Inc.
A life-sciences technology company that makes instruments, consumables, and software for studying biology at the level of individual cells and their spatial context, using its Chromium and Visium platforms. Founded in 2012 in Pleasanton, California, by Serge Saxonov, Ben Hindson, and Kevin Ness, the company's name reflects their goal of a ten-fold, or "10x," improvement in biological resolution rather than incremental progress.