# Aws preview TBC rat‑Brain video model for select customers

Digest AI · Generative AI & Models · published 2026-09-22T13:00:00Z · updated 2026-09-22T13:58:20Z

Canonical: https://digestai.news/story/aws-preview-tbc-ratbrain-video-model-for-select-customers

## Summary

Starting Tuesday, Amazon Web Services will let a limited set of enterprise customers test The Biological Computing Company’s (TBC) rat‑brain AI model, which the startup says can speed video generation up to five times compared with a leading open‑source model. TBC co‑founder Alexander Ksendzovsky explains the approach: encode images into living rat brain cells, record how the neurons respond, then build software that mimics that processing. The company, founded in Baltimore four years ago by Ksendzovsky and Jon Pomeraniec, raised a $25 million round led by Primary Venture Partners earlier this year and added another $25 million shortly after, bringing total funding to over $50 million. Its San Francisco lab employs 35 people who work with rat brain cells and human stem cells on multi‑electrode silicon arrays supplied by Swiss biotech 3Brain. Amazon’s global director of technology for startups, Deap Ubhi, notes this is the latest biologically‑derived compute service AWS offers, following collaborations with Cortical Labs. While TBC hopes to roll the service out to all AWS enterprise customers soon, Ubhi cautions that scalability and fidelity for longer videos remain unproven.

## Key points

- AWS limited preview gives select customers access to TBC’s rat‑brain video model.
- TBC claims up to five‑times faster video generation and lower inference cost versus a frontier open‑source model.
- The startup raised two $25 million rounds, total funding now exceeds $50 million.

## Why it matters

If the biologically‑derived approach scales, it could cut compute costs and boost speed for video generation, a growing segment of generative AI.

## Sources

1. [AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality](https://wired.com/story/ai-models-built-from-rat-brains-are-about-to-become-a-reality) (Wired AI, 2026-09-22)
2. [A tiny software layer from lab-grown neurons promises faster, cheaper AI video](https://the-decoder.com/a-tiny-software-layer-from-lab-grown-neurons-promises-faster-cheaper-ai-video) (The Decoder, 2026-09-22)

## Cite

Digest AI, "Aws preview TBC rat‑Brain video model for select customers", 22 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/aws-preview-tbc-ratbrain-video-model-for-select-customers

---

Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record. Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse
JSON: https://digestai.news/story/aws-preview-tbc-ratbrain-video-model-for-select-customers.json