Koniku is based in Berkeley and has two initial related technologies, its 'odor positioning system' and its 'odor surveillance system'. The CEO of Koniku is Oshiorenoya Agabi and the company was part of the IndieBio startup incubator.
The first product Koniku is developing, called Koniku Kore, uses neuron-silicon hybrid chip to "smell" or otherwise sense the presence of a given compound. One stated aim of the biological neurons on a chip, called wetchips, is to use them as taste testers for consumer products. The CEO has also stated that future applications could include testing soap or other hygiene products.
Timeline
Koniku raises a $1,400,000 venture round from Oriza Ventures.
Koniku raises a $250,000 seed round from IndieBio and SOSV.
Funding rounds
People
Oshiorenoya Agabi
Founder & CEO
Renaud Renault
Chief Project Architect
Renaud Renault
Chief Project Architect
Further reading
Putting Biological Supercomputers in the Palm of your Hand: an Interview with Oshiorenoya Agabi of Koniku
Alex Kopelyan
The man teaching a computer to smell
Jane Wakefield
Web
August 28, 2017
The Man Who's Building a Computer Made of Brains
Joseph Bien-Kahn
