About Cortical Labs
Cortical Labs, based in Australia, makes the CL1, which it markets as a biological computer. Lab-grown human neurons sit on a silicon chip with a 59-electrode array that sends signals to the cells and reads their responses. A built-in life-support unit handles temperature, gas mixing and media circulation, and software called biOS presents the neurons with a simulated environment. The company says the cells can survive for up to six months and positions the CL1 as a research tool for drug discovery and testing. Its earlier DishBrain experiment in 2022 trained neurons to play the video game Pong.
Cortical Labs was founded in 2019 and is based in Melbourne, Australia. It is listed under Neuromorphic Computing. Reported funding is $10M (Horizons Ventures, 2024).
Compute Technologies
- Neuromorphic
What Cortical Labs works on
Neuromorphic Computing
Neuromorphic computing builds chips that copy some features of the brain. Instead of a central processor and separate memory, a neuromorphic chip has many small units that act like neurons, each with its own local memory, joined by connections that act like synapses.
