In August, the Financial Times reported that OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is part of Merger Labs’ founding team but won’t be investing in the company. Sources told the paper that the BCI ...

OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The startup is valued at $850 million.

At a hackathon over the weekend, students worked with real brain data to create new tools for brain-machine systems. The post ...

Merge Labs envisions controlling devices using your brain - without implanting hardware in your body OpenAI, having invested ...

Gestala is the latest company to emerge from China’s burgeoning brain-computer interface industry. It plans to access the brain with noninvasive ultrasound technology.

In 2025, China’s non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) technology passed a critical test—not in a lab, but in the real world. Researchers validated the technology in two very different, ...

OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup founded by Sam Altman. The company aims to develop safe, scalable, and non-invasive neural interfaces that allow direct ...

On Thursday, OpenAI announced its investment in neurotech startup Merge Labs, cofounded by its CEO, billionaire Sam Altman. OpenAI will collaborate with the new venture to develop technology to link ...