# Cortical Labs: robotics company

Canonical ID: `3bf21c97-894e-4ba4-854c-dc5b5f096ac9`

## Key facts

- **Melbourne bio data centre (company-stated, Mar 2026):** [Prototype](/investors/prototype.md) bio data centre launched in March 2026 with 120 CL1 units, each holding about 200,000 neurons. It powers the Cortical Cloud service.
- **CL1 power draw (sources differ):** Cortical Labs puts each CL1 at about 25 W and a full rack at 800 to 1,000 W (Aug 2026); in March 2026 it was reported at 30 W per unit.

- **Slug:** cortical-labs
- **Status:** active
- **HQ:** Melbourne, Australia

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Hon Weng Chong](/people/hon-weng-chong.md) Founder and CEO (secondary-verified)

## Founders (1)

- [Hon Weng Chong](/people/hon-weng-chong.md)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Cortical Labs x DayOne x NUS Medicine (Singapore CL1 rack)](/partnerships/cortical-labs-x-dayone-nus-singapore-cl1-rack.md) with DayOne, NUS Medicine (National University of Singapore) _deployment_ (_reported, not operationally verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Cortical Labs?

Cortical Labs is a [Melbourne](/locations/melbourne.md) biocomputing company that grows human neurons on silicon chips in its CL1 biological computers and rents them out through its Cortical Cloud service.

### What does Cortical Labs make?

Cortical Labs has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Cortical Labs builds physical robots.

### Where is Cortical Labs headquartered?

Cortical Labs is headquartered in [Melbourne](/locations/melbourne.md), [Australia](/locations/australia.md).

### Is Cortical Labs a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Cortical Labs ranks in roughly the top 93% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (3)

1. **This Melbourne data centre runs on human brain cells** · https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/this-melbourne-data-centre-runs-on-human-brain-cells.html · 2026-03-11
2. **A data centre rack running on living neurons is now operating in Singapore** · https://thenextweb.com/news/singapore-biological-data-centre-cortical-labs-neurons · 2026-08-20
3. **Cortical Labs** · https://corticallabs.com/ · 2026-10-24

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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