It’s Alive? This billionaire fundss a startup that grows brain cells into ‘biocomputers’
DishBrain, a technology funded by billionaire Li Ka-Shing, combines brain cells with computers to create a technology that could rival artificial intelligence.
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Cortical Labs, an Australian biotech company, is behind this science-fiction sounding technology. Horizons Ventures led a $10 million round of funding for the company, which was headed by Ka-Shing (94), the richest man in Hong Kong. Other investors included Blackbird Ventures (an Australian venture capital fund), In-Q-Tel (the investment arm of Central Intelligence Agency), U.S. company LifeX Ventures and others.
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https://www.benzinga.com/money/its-alive-this-billionaire-funds-startup-growing-brain-cell-biocomputers
