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How the Eon Team Produced a Virtual Embodied Fly

Research — Mar 10, 2026

How the Eon Team Produced a Virtual Embodied Fly

A technical deep dive into integrating the adult fly connectome, connectome-constrained brain models, and neuromechanical body simulations to build the first virtual embodied fly.

We've Uploaded a Fruit Fly

Announcement — Mar 8, 2026

We've Uploaded a Fruit Fly

We took the FlyWire connectome of the fruit fly brain, applied a simple neuron model and used it to control a MuJoCo physics-simulated body, closing the loop from neural activation to action.

The First Multi-Behavior Brain Upload

Announcement — Mar 7, 2026

The First Multi-Behavior Brain Upload

Eon Systems demonstrates what we believe is the world's first embodiment of a whole-brain emulation that produces multiple behaviors.

What the world is saying about Eon's brain emulation breakthroughs.

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X — Mar 9, 2026

“Fly Brain Upload” trending on X

Eon’s brain emulation went viral, trending worldwide with over 120 million impressions.

Hattie Zhou (Anthropic) → Elon Musk

X — Mar 9, 2026

Elon Musk reacts to Eon’s brain upload

Hattie Zhou: “There’s a fruit fly walking around right now that was never born.” Elon comments.

Podcast — Mar 10, 2026

Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross on The Bite-Sized Podcast Network

Eon’s founding advisor explains the brain emulation breakthrough on TBPN's podcast.

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YouTube — Mar 10, 2026

“Does This Fly Prove We’re In a Simulation?”

Matthew Berman discusses how Eon uploaded a fruit fly brain and what it means for consciousness and AI.

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YouTube — Mar 10, 2026

“This Breakthrough Could Change the Path to AGI”

Deep dive on how Eon’s brain emulation compares to traditional AI approaches.

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Reddit — Mar 9, 2026

“Scientists at Eon Systems just copied a fruit fly’s brain”

Large Reddit thread discussing Eon's brain emulation.

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TikTok — Mar 9, 2026

“They uploaded a brain to a computer”

Creator Chris Jarou breaks down Eon’s fruit fly brain emulation for his audience.

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TikTok — Mar 13, 2026

“They copied a fly’s brain into a computer”

Carlos Chavira explains Eon’s brain upload to his Spanish-speaking audience, racking up over 500K likes.

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Instagram — Mar 9, 2026

Brain emulation goes viral on Instagram

Reel covering Eon’s fruit fly brain upload and what it means for the future of neuroscience.