Cephla builds open and scalable automated microscopes optimized for specific applications to accelerate discoveries and solutions. The Squid product line aims at eliminating barriers of access to high-end/bespoke systems, increasing data generation throughput, and making it easier to develop/adopt new capabilities/technologies. The Octopi product line aims at helping accelerate the paradigm shift in microscopy-based diagnostics, starting with malaria - a diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people every year.