Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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If anyone wants to rest a little easier about competitors like Amsilk, Bolt Threads, Spiber, etc.., and you have a lot of time on your hands, you should read this paper:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306253307_BioProcess_Design_and_Economics_2nd_Edition

It breaks down the cost structures for producing protein through fermentation. The same process that Kraig Labs main competitors use.

Especially pay attention to page 45 where they begin to breakdown costs for human insulin production. Since this is very close to the cost structure Bolt Threads is looking at. There are differences in yeast v. E. coli in some processes, but the fundamentals are the same.

It makes what Kim claimed (and some here balked at) as an estimated $27,000/kg price point for Bolt Threads, in actuality, look like a bargain. Especially considering competitors like Bolt Threads and AMsilk still have to spin their product into fiber.