Question 1

What is ColAI?

Accepted Answer

ColAI is an AI agar plate colony counter. It counts bacterial, yeast and fungal colonies of any kind from a single photo you take with your iPhone, replacing slow and error-prone manual counting.

Question 2

How accurate is the ColAI colony counter?

Accepted Answer

ColAI reaches over 99% agreement with expert manual counts on standard agar plates, outperforming legacy automated colony counters and threshold-based image tools.

Question 3

How do I get access to the beta?

Accepted Answer

The ColAI colony counter is currently in a private beta. Enter the promo code you received from the ColAI team to unlock test access.

Question 4

What kinds of colonies can ColAI count?

Accepted Answer

ColAI counts colonies of any kind — bacterial, yeast and fungal — across different agar types, plate sizes and lighting conditions, directly from a smartphone photo.