Parasma

Parasma is a San Francisco based biological compute startup building algorithms and hardware that train living human brain cells (cortical neurons on a chip) to perform computation for AI workloads. Founded in 2026 by Sean Cole and backed by Y Combinator (Summer 2026 batch), the company grew out of research that taught a clump of lab-grown human neurons to play Doom, coverage of which appeared in Nature, The Economist, Scientific American, The Guardian and elsewhere. Parasma currently operates as an early-stage research company with a marketing and news website; it does not yet publish a public API, SDK, developer portal, or other machine-readable developer surface. This profile is tracked in the API Evangelist network as a company lead so any future developer platform can be captured when it ships.

Parasma is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Biological Compute, Neurotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.

Parasma’s developer surface includes engineering blog, YouTube channel, and 7 more developer resources.

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7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyBiological ComputeNeurotechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningWetwareComputeResearchY Combinator

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Parasma Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Research
Research
 X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: parasma
name: Parasma
description: Parasma is a San Francisco based biological compute startup building algorithms and hardware that train living
  human brain cells (cortical neurons on a chip) to perform computation for AI workloads. Founded in 2026 by Sean Cole and
  backed by Y Combinator (Summer 2026 batch), the company grew out of research that taught a clump of lab-grown human neurons
  to play Doom, coverage of which appeared in Nature, The Economist, Scientific American, The Guardian and elsewhere. Parasma
  currently operates as an early-stage research company with a marketing and news website; it does not yet publish a public
  API, SDK, developer portal, or other machine-readable developer surface. This profile is tracked in the API Evangelist network
  as a company lead so any future developer platform can be captured when it ships.
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