OP here. We've been working on faster bioinformatics algorithms for the past year – this is a demo of one application which is effectively a fast replacement for BLAST. Happy to answer any questions about tech or usage.
And yes, we'd be happy to discuss your use case and get you set up with something. Just shoot me a note at nick at helix dot io and we can follow up off thread.
One of the core things we're working on is a data structure for more efficient, constant-time sequence lookups, and we've definitely thought of some non-bioinformatics use cases as well. Happy to answer any more specific questions by email too (in my profile)!