Cortical Labs

Cortical Labs is a biotech company based in Melbourne, Australia, focused on building biological computers. They combine lab-grown neurons with silicon chips to create the world's first code-deployable biological computer, the CL1, and offer a cloud platform called Cortical Cloud. The company was founded in 2019 by Hon Weng Chong and Andy Kitchen.

Cortical Labs was founded in 2019 by Hon Weng Chong and Andy Kitchen. In 2021, they grew human neurons on a chip and taught them to play Pong. In 2022, they released an academic paper describing 'DishBrain'. In 2025, they released their first commercial product, the CL1.

• CL1

  The world's first code deployable biological computer.

• Cortical Cloud

  A biological cloud computing platform to build breakthrough technology without the need for a specialized lab.

• 2026.08.19

  Reported2026.08.19

  DayOne launches Singapore's first Biological Data Center Prototype with Cortical Labs and NUS Medicine[7]DayOne与Cortical Labs及NUS Medicine合作推出新加坡首个生物数据中心原型en.antaranews.com

  DayOne Data Centers Limited launched Singapore's first Biological Data Center Prototype in collaboration with Cortical Labs and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The prototype deploys a 20-unit CL1 biological computing system, described as the first independently operated biologically integrated server rack in the world, in a live research environment at NUS Medicine hosted within DayOne-designed infrastructure.

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1. 1Cortical Labscorticallabs.com
2. 2Cortical - CL1corticallabs.com
3. 3Cortical - Cloudcorticallabs.com
4. 4Cortical - Companycorticallabs.com
5. 5Cortical Labswikidata.org
6. 6Cortical Labsen.wikipedia.org
7. 7DayOne与Cortical Labs及NUS Medicine合作推出新加坡首个生物数据中心原型en.antaranews.com
8. 8DayOne Launches Singapore's First Biological Data Center Prototype with Cortical Labs and NUS Medicineaustraliannews.net