Parasma builds software that turns living neurons into programmable compute, with the goal of making advanced AI far more energy-efficient and widely accessible.
Parasma, led by Sean Cole, announces its public launch and develops algorithms and infrastructure for compute powered by human brain cells. The company says this biological-computing approach, based on living neurons, offers an energy-efficient alternative to GPUs.
Parasma says it has now trained human brain cells to perform next-token prediction, following an earlier demonstration in which the cells played Doom in March. The company is developing algorithms and infrastructure to turn human brain cells into useful compute.
Parasma describes its approach to assessing the moral status of living neural systems and setting safeguards for their training. It says it aims to avoid any possibility of creating a conscious system through training until there is more concrete consensus about consciousness and the rights such a system would warrant.
Parasma says it is now part of Y Combinator, which backed the company early. The company thanks the program’s partners and says their support gives it room to focus on its work.
