While DNA's perpetual role in biology and life science is well documented, its burgeoning digital applications are beginning to garner significant interest. As the development of novel technologies requires continuous research, product development, startup creation, and financing, this work provides an overview of each respective area and highlights current trends, challenges, and opportunities. These are supported by numerous interviews with key opinion leaders from across academia, government agencies and the commercial sector, as well as investment data analysis. Our findings illustrate the societal and economic need for technological innovation and disruption in data storage, paving the way for nature's own time-tested, advantageous, and unrivaled solution. We anticipate a significant increase in available investment capital and continuous scientific progress, creating a ripe environment on which DNA data storage-enabling startups can capitalize to bring DNA data storage into daily life.

尽管DNA在生物学和生命科学中的永久作用已得到充分证明，但其迅速发展的数字应用开始引起人们的极大兴趣。由于新技术的开发需要不断的研究，产品开发，创始公司和融资，因此本工作概述了各个领域，并突出了当前的趋势，挑战和机遇。这些都得到了来自学术界，政府机构和商业部门的主要舆论领袖的大量采访以及投资数据分析的支持。我们的发现表明，社会和经济上对技术创新和数据存储中断的需求，为自然界经过时间考验，有利且无与伦比的解决方案铺平了道路。