TBC
Drug Discovery AI · AI for Science
2open roles
1backers · Refactor Capital
10+team · employees, estimated range
13stories in the press
Overview
The Biological Computing Co. (TBC) turns discoveries from real neurons into software that makes AI faster and cheaper, without retraining.
Funding and backers
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
1
Refactor Capital
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
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Jobs
$300k – $345k per year · In office · Full-Time · Master's Degree · San Francisco
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$220k – $300k per year · In office · Full-Time · Master's Degree · San Francisco
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Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$323k
Typical range
$300k – $345k
Open positions
2
2
Jobs
Senior
50%
Staff
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | $300k | $300k |
| Staff | 1 | $345k | $345k |
Highest paying role
Staff AI Researcher
$345k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
23/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 22% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
50% ▼
Field & Service
50% ▼
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at TBC over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
18
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
59/100
Languages
Python
MATLAB
Frameworks & libraries
JAX
PyTorch
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18 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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News
Rat Brain AI: Amazon's Surprising Neuron-Derived Model
Rat brain AI reaches AWS as TBC opens a limited preview of its neuron-derived video model. The 5x and 80% claims, the missing baseline, and the ethics.
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Amazon taps TBC to make AI models faster, cheaper with human neurons
PALO ALTO, California -- At The Biological Computing Co.'s lab in San Francisco, roughly 100,000 neurons -- some dissected from rat brains, others gro
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AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.
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The Biological Computing Company raises $25M Seed
The Biological Computing Company raises $25M Seed
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A Bridge from Brains to Generative AI?
Is neurological research a good place to look for AI solutions? That premise motivated The Biological Computing Company to move into the undefined space between the brain and the software AI model.
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Brain-Derived Computing Zeros in on AI Software
Brain-inspired computing has always been a "five years away" lab project. A startup in San Francisco hopes to change the narrative. Its first product is not a piece of hardware but software.
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Interview: AI compute startup TBC details biological computing platform linking living neurons and machine learning
In an era where AI systems are rapidly scaling beyond the limits of traditional silicon, new experimental companies are beginning to question what
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AI's next big chip bet may be biological
Tucked into an unassuming office building in San Francisco, one startup is betting on an unconventional way of alleviating the AI energy crisis: living human c...
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AI startup The Biological Computing Co. raises $25M to swap out silicon for lab-grown brains
AI startup The Biological Computing Co. raises $25M to swap out silicon for lab-grown brains - SiliconANGLE
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The Biological Computing Co. (TBC) Secures $25 Million Seed Round, First to Deploy Neuron-Based Alternative to Silicon AI
/PRNewswire/ -- The Biological Computing Co. (TBC), the company redefining computing for the post-silicon AI era, today launched a new class of compute that...
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $323k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML
Earlier presence
Baltimore, United States






