Parasma

Training human brain cells for compute (YC S26)

[Sean Cole @vytalow]

A glimpse into the future!

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.
https://t.co/RIuwvSNs7O

[TBPN @tbpn]

Parasma Founder & CEO @vytalow, who previously went viral for training human brain cells to play Doom, says that using them for compute could be far more energy-efficient than today's silicon chips.

"Regardless of how efficient we make silicon, we still haven't solved the efficiency aspect of it, in terms of power efficiency."

"I think human brains are extremely power efficient in comparison to silicon."

"There are things that we can harness [with human brain cells] on top of other stuff like sample efficiency and continual learning."

[Sean Cole @vytalow]

Introducing Parasma.

Previously, we trained human brain cells to play Doom.

Now, we trained them to predict words in a sentence. We are unlocking human brain cells for compute.

Learn more here: https://t.co/sdwmPwBC1x

@ParasmaAI

[Parasma @ParasmaAI]

@vytalow Anything over 60 words will be automatically filtered out, get creative and maximize information!

[Sean Cole @vytalow]

hiring an intern @ParasmaAI
- provably brilliant at information theory
- strong at RL
- excited about training brain cells

if ur a furry, neurodivergent, or have something unique to add please apply

point form, 60 words max, email careers [at] parasma [dot] com

[Sean Cole @vytalow]

Come work for us!

https://t.co/s4yejl7Ppu

[Parasma @ParasmaAI]

Join us!

[Sean Cole @vytalow]

i am hiring a research scientist @ParasmaAI starting at $1M + 1% equity.

parasma's mission is to train human brain cells for compute and apply what we learn more generally to biology

if you want to change the world with us, send something about yourself, email me or apply below

[Sean Cole @vytalow]

Training human brain cells for compute got me into the @ycombinator S26 batch!

Solve really hard problems and change the world

I am also looking to grow the team, if you love RL leave a comment and DM me so I see it!

[Sean Cole @vytalow]

Could we write intelligence to brains quicker than a human could learn it using external optimization methods?

I went on @LBC to talk about brain cells, Doom, and some of the work we are doing at @ParasmaAI !