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

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

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

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

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

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

OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface (BCI) startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The startup ...

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

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

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

The investment deepens Sam Altman’s growing footprint across frontier technologies and sharpens his rivalry with Elon Musk, ...

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