Watmuff, Bradley https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8652-3454
Habibollahi, Forough
Desouza, Candice https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7339-347X
Khajehnejad, Moein
Loeffler, Alon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8866-3073
Baranes, Koby
Poulin, Noah
Kotter, Mark
Kagan, Brett J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-7553
Article History
Received: 4 December 2024
Accepted: 7 May 2025
First Online: 17 June 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare the following competing interests: B.W., F.H., C.D., A.L., and B.J.K. are employed by Cortical Labs Pte Ltd, a for-profit company interested in the commercial viability of synthetic biological intelligence and related patents. B.W., F.H., A.L., and B.J.K. also hold a pecuniary interest in Cortical Labs Pte Ltd. MRK owns shares in bit.bio and in Cortical Labs and is a director of bit.bio Ltd.