AI startup Osmo unveils Elizabeth manufacturing space, headquarters for pioneering ‘digital scent design’ technology – Real Estate NJ
Publish Date: 2026-05-19 06:32:00
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Osmo, a startup backed by Lux Capital and Google Ventures, has opened a new dedicated production site and headquarters at 585 Kapkowski Road in Elizabeth. — Photos by Alexander Severin / Courtesy: KSS Architects
By Joshua Burd
A startup has opened its new headquarters and production site in Elizabeth, where it will hone a technology that uses artificial intelligence to create and detect smells.
The company, Osmo, is leasing the roughly 60,000-square-foot space at 585 Kapkowski Road under a previously announced deal with Bridge Industrial and Elberon Development Group. The facility marks its first dedicated production site, combining office, laboratory and manufacturing space to support its mission of digitizing the sense of smell to improve human health and wellbeing.
KSS Architects spearheaded the project, while Rock Brook led the engineering design for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and information technology and security systems. JLL’s Chris Hile and Doug Rodenstein represented ownership at the property near Port Newark-Elizabeth, while Newmark’s Brian Waterman, David Waterman, Al Petrillo, Christopher Koeck and Zach Brenner represented Osmo, which was founded in early 2023 with a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve human health and happiness.
“Osmo’s innovative work of translating one of our most human senses into a digital language demands a space as ambitious as the company itself,” said Scot Murdoch, a partner with KSS Architects. “Our design draws directly from the science of scent, using ideas of concentration, mixing and dissipation to shape how people gather and move through the space.”
Founded by Alex Wiltschko, Osmo uses machine learning to digitize scent and revolutionize olfactory science through its groundbreaking Olfactory Intelligence, according to a news release. The space is designed with future expansion in mind, incorporating a flexible architectural framework that is meant to evolve…
