Cortical Labs

Cortical Labs is an Australian biotechnology company based in Melbourne that develops biological computing systems by integrating lab-grown neurons with silicon hardware. Founded in 2019 by Hon Weng Chong, the company gained international attention in 2022 when researchers published a paper in the journal Neuron describing DishBrain, a system in which in vitro neuronal cultures learned to play the video game Pong in a closed-loop environment. In 2025, Cortical Labs launched the CL1, which it describes as the world's first commercially available biological computer.