There are now two practical routes into living-neural biocomputing: operate a physical platform in a suitable laboratory, or send code to maintained neural cultures remotely. The public access routes remain specialised research tools.
| Route | What you access | Current public price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CL1 purchase Cortical Labs | Physical living-neuron device | No current price visible in the checked official page text | Purchase route |
| Cortical Cloud | Remote CL1 systems | No current price visible in the checked official page text | Sign-up live |
| FinalSpark Shared | Four shared forebrain organoids | Contact for pricing | Apply/contact |
| FinalSpark Dedicated | Four dedicated forebrain organoids | Contact for pricing | Apply/contact |
Availability and pricing can change quickly. This page separates current provider pages from launch-era prices reported by third-party publications.
Physical hardware
Cortical Labs maintains an official purchase route for the CL1. The device combines a living neural culture, multielectrode interface, environmental support and developer-facing software. Its current purchase page does not expose a price in the page text checked for this site.
Remote neural compute
Cortical Cloud offers remote deployment to CL1 systems using browser tools and a Python SDK. FinalSpark offers shared and dedicated Neuroplatform plans built around four forebrain organoids, with remote stimulation, recording and Python access.
Price records need dates
IEEE Spectrum reported a US$35,000 CL1 unit price and US$300 per week cloud access when the platform entered the market in 2025. Cortical's current public pages checked on 17 August 2026 do not publish those prices in their page text, so this site records them as historical launch figures.
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