Mouse Brain Connectome Cost Drops to $100M; Human at $1B
juanbenet · x · 2026-08-28
Adam Marblestone, CEO of Convergent Research, shares that a full mouse-brain connectome would cost roughly $100–200M today, down from a previous $10B estimate, with a human one potentially achievable for $1–2B within a few years. He pioneered the Focused Research Organization (FRO) model to fund public goods ignored by academia and startups, inspiring the NSF's $1.5B X-Labs initiative.
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