Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[arachnodude]

Your post is what happens when you treat BAM-1 like cotton and ignore the very thing that makes Spider Silk revolutionary:

It’s not competing with $80 silk. It’s replacing materials that don’t exist yet. Basically the purpose for its desire: It’s not replacing silk. It's replacing the limitations of silk!

Let’s clear up the nonsense:

1. Comparing BAM-1 to $100/kilo traditional silk?

False equivalence.

That’s like comparing carbon fiber to twine.

BAM-1 isn’t being priced for commodity fabric use. It’s aimed at:

Defense-grade textiles

Ballistics, composites, biomedical applications

Next-gen gear where weight-to-strength ratios matter

Try pulling $80/kilo silk through that lens and watch it snap!

2. $5,000/kg isn't fantasy—it’s precedent.

High-end materials command high-end prices.

For niche defense or biotech contracts, $5K/kg is actually conservative.

This isn't department-store fabric. It’s bioengineered protein fiber with properties no other natural or synthetic material replicates.

3. “At $500/kg they’d need 200MT/year…”

Cool math—wrong context.

Even at $500/kg, margins and product mix shift the game.

They’re not selling one grade to one sector.
They’re creating multiple silk variants, custom applications, and license-ready IP.

And again—KBLB isn’t building to match silk.
They’re building to redefine performance materials.

Final Thought:

Gemini didn’t fail the math. You just fed it commodity assumptions and expected insight.

It's not really the calculator’s fault. It’s more like the inputs are broken.

And as I’ve stated to another:

You want better output? Start with better input.

Always applies. Especially here.