---
id: "entity-cortical-labs"
type: "entity"
entityType: "organization"
canonicalName: "Cortical Labs"
aliases: []
source_timestamps: ["§ Artificial Intelligence Meets Organoid Intelligence"]
tags: ["biological-computing", "research-lab"]
related: ["concept-organoid-intelligence", "entity-dishbrain"]
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-foci-73-living-intelligence"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/01/why-living-intelligence-is-the-next-big-thing"
sourceTitle: "Why “Living Intelligence” Is the Next Big Thing"
---
# Cortical Labs

**Cortical Labs** is a research organization based in **Melbourne, Australia**, pioneering [[concept-organoid-intelligence|Organoid Intelligence (OI)]]. In **2021** it created [[entity-dishbrain|DishBrain]], and it is currently developing a **"biological intelligence operating system"** that would allow users with basic coding skills to *program biological computers*.

**Role in this source:** The leading real-world actor demonstrating that computation can be moved off silicon and into living neural tissue — the furthest edge of [[concept-living-intelligence|Living Intelligence]].

> *Canonical reference (enrichment):* Official company site; Australian neurotechnology company behind DishBrain and broader biological-computing efforts.