OpenAI has backed Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup co-founded by Sam Altman, as part of a $250 million seed ...

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

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

Wang, who previously founded and led Scale AI before joining Meta in 2025, explained his reasoning by highlighting how ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

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

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are emerging as a groundbreaking technology that has the potential to revolutionize the way humans interact with machines. By bridging the gap between human cognition ...

As we enter 2026, there are two distinct technologies used by clinicians to interact with the brain: Brain-Computer ...

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

At every CES I’ve ever been to, there’s been one or two gadgets promising to boost your mental health. In recent years, the ...

Recently, a neurotech company called Paradromics made headlines by successfully implanting its brain-computer interface (BCI) in a human for the first time. The procedure happened at the University of ...