Work

LLC · Founded November 2025

Al-kimi LLC is a venture lab based in Saint Louis, Missouri, dedicated to incubating, launching, and supporting new ventures across products and markets. It also serves as the entity through which Khalid K. Alam consults, advises, and collaborates beyond his own ventures.

Incubating

• Wolphia Clean, indoor-cultured Wolffia — the genus of the smallest flowering plants on Earth (~40% protein by dry weight) — sold through online marketplaces.
• ReptiHealth LLC Consumer brand for reptile health and wellness products, direct-to-consumer.
• WetLab Biosciences Wet-lab validation data for AI models.

Inc. · Founded June 2019

Founded by Khalid Alam with Julius Lucks and Michael Jewett to commercialize the ROSALIND cell-free biosensor platform. Launched the µSense™ lead-in-water test in late 2022 and piloted it with municipal partners across Chicago. Stemloop concluded operations in December 2025.

501(c)(3) · Founded May 2017

Chicago's first public biotechnology laboratory. Mission: to put the knowledge, skills, and tools of biotechnology into the hands of all Chicagoans. Khalid is a cofounder and serves as Board Secretary.