Cortical Labs describes the CL1 as a code-deployable biological computer. Living neurons grow directly on a custom silicon interface; software can record activity, deliver current-based stimulation and run real-time closed-loop experiments.
Cortical also offers Cortical Cloud, which exposes biological computing remotely without requiring the user to maintain the culture hardware. That makes CL1 important as infrastructure even before any broad performance advantage over conventional computing has been established.
Commercial platform with a peer-reviewed research lineage. Product availability and API capabilities are manufacturer-documented; performance and efficiency claims should be assessed separately.
- Biological substrate
- Living neuronal culture
- Interface
- Custom silicon / multielectrode system
- Access
- Local CL1 hardware and Cortical Cloud
- Organisation
- Cortical Labs
Twenty-unit deployment in Singapore
In August 2026, NUS Medicine, DayOne and Cortical Labs demonstrated a 20-unit CL1 biological-computing rack at the NUS Life Sciences Institute. The official announcement reports live CL1/Cortical Cloud units, MEA integration and real-time neural-network activity. It is evidence of multi-device deployment; it does not establish a matched performance advantage over conventional server hardware.
- Cortical Labs — CL1.
- Cortical Cloud.
- Developer documentation.
- NUS Medicine — 20-unit Biological Data Centre prototype, August 2026.
Current access and price record
Cortical Labs maintains an official CL1 purchase route and remote access through Cortical Cloud. The official pages checked on 17 August 2026 do not expose a current price in their page text. IEEE Spectrum reported a US$35,000 unit price when CL1 entered the market in 2025.