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This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295

2026-06-01 · 66 min · episode 2295 · 38 entities

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  • mentioned jobyaviation.com website
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  • mentioned corticallabs.com website
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  • mentioned primemoverslab.com website
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  • references @Thisweekinstartups website
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  • references neuralink.com website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://neuralink.com/
  • references Fulltext website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22
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  • references corticallabs.com website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://corticallabs.com/
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://flypyka.com/
  • references dayonedc.com website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://dayonedc.com/
  • references neurips.cc website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://neurips.cc/
  • references Clinicloud website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://design-industry.com.au/clinicloud
  • references afwerx.com website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://afwerx.com/
  • references primemoverslab.com website
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    Link in episode "This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295": https://primemoverslab.com/

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  • mentioned partners.launch.co company
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  • appeared on This Week in Startups podcast
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    This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295
Episode description as stored
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Deel https://deel.com/twist Quo https://quo.com/TWiST LinkedIn Jobs https://LinkedIn.com/twist Today's show: Cortical Labs is the world's first company selling biological computers. Their CL1 fuses lab-grown human neurons (derived from stem cells, not actual folks) with silicon hardware to create Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI). Founder Dr. Hon Weng Chong walks us through how the system works and why neurons are more efficient than GPUs at reinforcement learning. (Also… is this computer alive?) PLUS Pyka co-founder and CEO Michael Norcia explains the various uses for his autonomous aircraft, from crop-spraying drones in Brazil to a a hybrid-electric defense UAV for the military. Guests: Cortical Labs: ****https://corticallabs.com/ Dr. Hon Weng Chong on X: https://x.com/dr1337 Pyka: https://www.flypyka.com/ Pyka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flypyka/?hl=en Further Reading: 2022 Pong paper in Neuron: https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00806-6 2017 Paper: "Attention is All You Need"; https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762 The "Barista Test" for Artificial Intelligence: Chris Rourk: https://medium.com/predict/the-turing-test-is-so-last-century-the-barista-test-for-artificial-general-intelligence-faf91034fa8c Notable Links: Playing "DOOM" on CL1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRV8fSw6HaE DayOne Data Center: https://dayonedc.com/ NeurIPS 2026 Conference: https://neurips.cc/ Neuralink: https://neuralink.com/ CliniCloud Digital Stethoscope and Thermometer: https://www.design-industry.com.au/clinicloud Air Force Research Laboratory (AFWERX): https://afwerx.com/ Joby Aviation: https://www.jobyaviation.com/ Prime Movers Lab: https://www.primemoverslab.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 What is "biological computing"? 2:49 Cortical's new $30 million raise 4:15 The world's first biological data center 9:48 Deel - Founders scale faster on Deel. Set up payroll for any country in minutes, hire anyone anywhere, get visas handled fast, and get back to building. Visit https://deel.com/twist to learn more. 10:51 Biological computers have a learning advantage 19:43 Quo (formerly OpenPhone) - Quo gives you a clean, modern way to handle every customer call, text, and thread all in one place. Try it free at https://quo.com/TWiST 29:15 LinkedIn Jobs - Hire right, the first time. Post your first job and get $100 off towards your job post at https://LinkedIn.com/twist 38:46 From paper airplanes to Group 4 UAVs 52:20 Introducing the DropShip defense drone 58:28 How regulations block US drones 1:00:40 Why Pyka builds everything in-house Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/ Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com