AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
The startup’s technology is specifically designed to improve AI for generating videos. Both Amazon and The Biological Computing Company, which goes by the acronym TBC, says they expect the tech to roll out to all AWS enterprise customers soon.“We figured out a way to code information, like images for example, to the biological material,” says TBC cofounder Alexander Ksendzovsky. “We then observe how the biology processes that information, and then we build a tool that mimics that process.”This is not the first biologically-derived computing platform that Amazon has made available in its marketplace, says Deap Ubhi, global director of technology for startups at Amazon Web Services.
- ▪The startup’s technology is specifically designed to improve AI for generating videos.
- ▪Both Amazon and The Biological Computing Company, which goes by the acronym TBC, says they expect the tech to roll out to all AWS enterprise customers soon.“We figured out a way to code information, like images for example, to the biologica
- ▪“We then observe how the biology processes that information, and then we build a tool that mimics that process.”This is not the first biologically-derived computing platform that Amazon has made available in its marketplace, says Deap Ubhi,
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Lauren GoodeBusinessSep 22, 2026 9:00 AMAI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to RealityThe Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.A scientist tracks real-time neural activity from a brain cell culture.Courtesy of The Biological Computing CoCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA biological computing startup that uses neural patterns from rat brain cells to build artificial intelligence just got a major boost from Amazon.Starting Tuesday, select Amazon Web Services customers will gain access to The Biological Computing Company’s “rat brain” AI model as part of a limited preview.
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