Startup Unveils GPU Alternative Powered by Human Brain Cells
ycombinator · x · 2026-08-14
Startup Parasma announced a GPU alternative compute solution powered by human brain cells. Having previously trained brain cells to play Doom, they have now trained them to predict words in a sentence, aiming to unlock human neurons for general compute.
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