Merge Labs is a “research lab” dedicated to “bridging biological and artificial intelligence to maximize human ability.” ...

LumiMind debuts real-time non-invasive brain computer interfaces at CES 2026, pairing live gameplay demos with LumiSleep, a ...

Other notable brain computer interface startups include Neuralink, which is run by Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 ...

Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read ...

OpenAI-backed Merge Labs is working to safely interface biology, hardware devices, and AI at higher bandwidth.

Medtronic will integrate Precision Neuroscience’s Layer 7 cortical interface with its StealthStation surgical navigation ...

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has announced an investment in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface (BCI) startup which was founded by ...

In August, the Financial Times reported that OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is part of Merger Labs’ founding team ...

The financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The move signals OpenAI’s growing interest in technologies that ...

A major step toward the industrialization of brain-computer interface technology was taken recently as NeuroXess, a Chinese ...

OpenAI did not disclose the amount of its investment, a portion of the $252 million seed round that also came from investors ...

Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface lab pursues non-invasive, AI-native neural hardware that rivals Neuralink and stirs governance debate.