Startup recreates fruit fly brain, pairs it with AI to move virtual fly
Mansi Agarwal, Published on Apr 18th, 2026

Startup Eon Systems has demonstrated a virtual fruit fly whose movements are driven by an AI-powered digital model of its brain. In a video, the fly is seen cleaning its antennae and feeding on simulated banana slices. "What you are seeing is not an animation...It is a copy of a biological brain...making a body move," Eon Co-founder Alex Wissner-Gross said.
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