# Koniku

> Koniku is a California synthetic-biology company that builds 'wetware' - devices that fuse living, engineered neurons with silicon to smell the world. Its Konikore sensor programs biological receptors to detect odors, explosives, chemical vapors and disease biomarkers at sensitivities that rival a dog's nose, aiming to give machines a sense of smell for airport security, healthcare and industrial monitoring.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** San Rafael, California, United States
- **Founders:** Oshiorenoya Agabi (Founder & CEO), Christopher McAndrew (Co-founder), Christopher Hedvall (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~5-20 employees
- **Products:** Koniku Kore / Konikore, Odor Surveillance Systems, Koniku Technology Integrator Ecosystem (KTIE)
- **Notable:** Built what it describes as the world's first neurotechnology device fusing live neurons with silicon., Unveiled the Konikore 'smell cyborg' at TEDGlobal 2017 in Tanzania., Secured a multi-year partnership with Airbus for aviation security sensing.

## Products & services

- **Koniku Kore / Konikore** — An electronic olfaction system that fuses engineered biological neurons with silicon hardware to detect and classify odors, chemical vapors, explosives and disease biomarkers. Reportedly capable of recognizing thousands of compounds, with claims of detecting up to 4,096 smells simultaneously.
- **Odor Surveillance Systems** — Contactless detection systems for security and public-health screening - deployed in trials for aviation threat detection and COVID-19 screening.
- **Koniku Technology Integrator Ecosystem (KTIE)** — A partner ecosystem letting integrators build applications on Koniku's biosensing platform across security, defense and industrial sensing.

## Achievements

- Built what it describes as the world's first neurotechnology device fusing live neurons with silicon.
- Unveiled the Konikore 'smell cyborg' at TEDGlobal 2017 in Tanzania.
- Secured a multi-year partnership with Airbus for aviation security sensing.
- Ran COVID-19 odor-detection clinical trials.
- Raised roughly $59M total, including a $47.5M Series A in 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Reported as a founding member of the Oracle Defense Ecosystem.
- **2022-01** — Airbus Americas joined the Koniku Technology Integrator Ecosystem (KTIE).
- **2021-12** — Closed a $47.5M Series A round led by Platform Capital.
- **2021-01** — Collaboration with Anheuser-Busch InBev on flavor analysis.
- **2020-03** — Expanded Airbus collaboration and ran COVID-19 detection clinical trials.

## Links

- Website: https://koniku.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/koniku
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/konikutech
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koniku

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