GoKawiilAmazon Web Services adds rat-brain AI model from Biological Computing Co in preview
Amazon Web Services is giving select customers early access to a video-generation AI model built by The Biological Computing Company, which derives its algorithms from patterns observed in rat brain cells. The startup records how biological neural tissue processes visual information and then designs software that mimics those processes, aiming to make existing generative video models more efficient. Both companies expect a broader rollout to AWS enterprise customers to follow this limited preview.
This marks another step in AWS's push to commercialize biologically-inspired computing, following its work with Cortical Labs' lab-grown neuron chips, signaling growing interest in alternatives to purely silicon-based AI architectures. Rather than rebuilding transformer models from scratch, TBC's approach targets efficiency gains within current generative AI standards, which could appeal to companies facing rising compute costs for video generation.
- AWS is previewing TBC's rat-brain-derived AI model for select customers starting this week.
- The technology uses biological neural activity to inform more efficient video-generation algorithms.
- AWS has separately partnered with Cortical Labs on lab-grown neuron computing hardware, showing a broader bio-computing strategy.
Source: wired.com — Lauren Goode, 2026-09-22
Published there as: “AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality”
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