>As others have said, the real issue is how they get all the way down to $200. Wasn't Dubai trying to collect DNA on every citizen and visitor to their country

>As others have said, the real issue is how they get all the way down to $200. Wasn't Dubai trying to collect DNA on every citizen and visitor to their country? Not saying this company is in anyway connected to Dubai but there are any number of reasons why a company might want to amass a large sampling of DNA and, although not a lawyer, I can think of some plausible ways to use that data too. If they burn through any VC money they have amassing a database, then file bankruptcy or sell off their assets to satisfy debts before dissolving... "hey other company, that's totally not us or our investors, we gotta pay our taxes so we can dissolve, wanna buy some genomes wink wink?"