Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit

Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit

Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup that seeks to read brain activity using ultrasound, is being spun out of Forest Neurotech, a Los Angeles nonprofit.

Sam Altman Launches Merge Labs: Non-Invasive BCI Rival to Neuralink

Altman’s Mind-Melding Ambition: Ultrasound Waves Reshape Brain-Tech Horizons Sam Altman, the visionary behind OpenAI, is venturing deeper into the fusion of human cognition and artificial intelligence with his latest endeavor, Merge Labs. This brain-computer interface startup, poised to challenge established players like Elon Musk’s Neuralink, is emerging from an unexpected origin: a nonprofit research organization. According to a recent report …

How far are brain-computer interfaces from restoring and extending human ability?

By midyear, Elon Musk’s Neuralink had raised another USD 650 million, lifting its valuation to USD 9 billion. The company’s clinical focus, once limited to treating severe motor disabilities such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal cord injuries, has expanded to include functional restoration for patients with aphasia and blindness. In August, Sam Altman and his team began building a new brain-computer interface (BCI) startup, Merg…