Alien Labs is a California cannabis brand founded by grower Ted Lidie and built on proprietary genetics, indoor flower and a visual world drawn from skate culture, science fiction and outsider fandom. It operates under Connected International, the parent company of Connected Cannabis Co., and sells flower, pre-rolls, vapes and hash rosin through licensed channels.
Origins and ownership
Ted Lidie is founder and creative director. Redding, the Northern California city he came from, banned commercial cannabis, so he moved to Sacramento to find the operation a home and began his partnership with Caleb Counts, co-founder and chief executive of Connected Cannabis Co., in 2018. Connected supplied cultivation, research and retail infrastructure while Lidie kept the brand and the breeding program.
Production
The brand's reputation rests on selected in-house genetics rather than a celebrity collaboration. Area 41, Baklava, Biskante, Atomic Apple, Gelato 41, Y2K and Dark Web are among the cultivars that defined the catalog. A 2023 Forbes profile described a Sacramento grow built in 2015 running 800 lights, plus a 500-light facility given over entirely to breeding new cultivars.
Drops rotate across cultivars including Skyline Haze, Glitch, Cosmic Cereal, Astro Valley, Permanent Shade, Atomic Apple, Biskante, Brain Wash, Agent X, Cold Chain and Creme de Menthe.
Products
Flower leads, with some releases in 10-gram jars. Pre-rolls include one-gram singles and the Alien Finger solventless hash roll. The vape line covers cold-chain cartridges, all-in-one devices, and live-resin and cured-resin cartridges. Hash rosin is its own collection and has carried Planet Red, Apollo 41, Gaslighting, Gasteroid and Xerbacio. A Lost Farm collaboration produced Baja Twist Gummies and Orange 'N Dreams Chews. Apparel sells through a separate store.
The site is a catalog: its terms state that no purchases can be made directly through it, and a store locator points to licensed retailers instead.
Alien Labs separates its flower, vape, rosin and pre-roll collections so shoppers can compare formats before checking a retailer. Cultivars and package sizes rotate by market. Founder interviews explain Ted Lidie's story and the Connected partnership, while live menus and package labels remain the better guide to what is being produced and sold now.
Company
Alien Labs is a Connected International brand and publishes its California license numbers - C11-0001367-LIC, C10-0000330-LIC, C10-0000500-LIC and C10-0000501-LIC - in the site footer. Beyond California it operates in Arizona and in Florida, the most recent addition. A product store finder lists current stockists by market.
A cultivar name may appear as jarred flower, a pre-roll, a cured-resin cartridge, a live-resin cartridge or an all-in-one device. Collection pages separate the formats before shoppers move to a local retailer.
Where it operates
Alien Labs does not sell regulated cannabis directly through its public catalog. Its product finder identifies retailers that typically carry the brand and explicitly tells shoppers to call ahead for a specific item. That qualifier matters: a location pin shows a retail relationship, not guaranteed inventory. The local menu and physical package provide the current producer, license, batch, potency and warnings.
Brand focus
From Sacramento, CA, Alien Labs brings indoor flower, cannabis genetics and live resin vapes together under one brand. indoor flower anchors the public identity, while cannabis genetics and live resin vapes shows how the catalog extends across formats and markets.