The first multi-behavior brain-organoid upload is imminent — wetware ('brain organoid') computing has progressed from Pong (2021) to Doom-class simulators (2025), and offers a pathway out of silicon thermal limits at ~20W per brain-equivalent compute.

The first multi-behavior brain-organoid upload is imminent — wetware ('brain organoid') computing has progressed from Pong (2021) to Doom-class simulators (2025), and offers a pathway out of silicon thermal limits at ~20W per brain-equivalent compute. | Published multi-task organoid benchmarks; hyperscaler wetware investment

Key catalyst: Published multi-task organoid benchmarks; hyperscaler wetware investment

Watch events: Cortical Labs / FinalSpark peer-reviewed publications; VC funding rounds in biological-compute

Cortical Labs CL1 commercial product launched 2024 ($35K). FinalSpark demonstrated organoid-based decision tasks. Scale/economics still far from silicon replacement.

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