December 6, 2023
Elon Musk-owned brain-computer interface company Neuralink has raised an additional $43 million in venture capital, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing showed that the company raised its previous tranche, led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, from $280 million to $323 million in early August, reports TechCrunch. Elevate
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Four US lawmakers have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Elon Musk committed securities fraud by allegedly misleading investors about the safety of a brain implant being developed by the billionaire’s firm Neuralink, according to a letter to the regulator. The request for an inquiry came from Democratic House Reps. Earl Blumenauer
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The idea of having a portion of your skull removed and a brain chip implanted might sound like the stuff of nightmares. But ‘thousands of people’ have expressed an interest in doing just that, according to a new report. Elon Musk‘s company, Neuralink, has a vision of treating conditions such as paralysis and blindness by
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Employees working in Precision’s manufacturing facility Courtesy: Precision Neuroscience Neurotech startup Precision Neuroscience announced Thursday it has acquired a factory in Dallas, where it will build the key component of its brain implant, the Layer 7 Cortical Interface. The facility will help the company speed up development and move closer to the regulatory approval it
READ MOREElon Musk’s Neuralink received approval to begin a six-year trial to study the effects of brain-computer interface (BCI). A specialized surgical robot will be used to implant the devices into participants’ brains. The company’s mission: “Create a generalized brain interface to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs today and unlock human potential tomorrow.”
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Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s neurotech startup Neuralink will begin recruiting patients for its first in-human clinical trial, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. Neuralink said its study, called the PRIME Study, is officially seeking patients since it received approval from an independent institutional review board and a hospital
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk‘s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday that it has received approval from an independent review board to start the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients. The study aims to test the safety and efficacy of Neuralink’s wireless, implantable brain-computer interface, to enable people with paralysis to control
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Precision Neuroscience Array Source: Precision Neuroscience It happened so fast that Craig Mermel missed it. He was standing in a crowded operating room in West Virginia, waiting for a surgeon to arrive. Precision Neuroscience a system of neural implants in the brain of a conscious patient for the first time. Mermel, president and chief product
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Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk waiting for his startup with a brain chip Neuralink to begin its first human trials this year, he said on Friday in France. Speaking at a VivaTech event in Paris, co-founder Musk said Neuralink plans to implant a tetraplegic or paraplegic patient during a webcast monitored by Reuters. While Musk didn’t
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The Neuralink logo displayed on a phone screen, a paper silhouette shaped like a human face, and a binary code displayed on the screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration taken in Krakow, Poland on December 10, 2021. Jakub Porzycki Nurfoto | Getty Images Neuralink, a neurotech startup co-founded by Elon Muskannounced Thursday, it
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