OpenAI has joined a 252 million dollar seed round for brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs, v...
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OpenAI's strategic entry into BCI via Merge Labs introduces a high-bandwidth biological interface, potentially expanding the frontier of foundation model interaction from digital to direct neural augmentation.
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OpenAI has joined a 252 million dollar seed round for brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs, valuing the firm at 850 million dollars. This move shifts the AI frontier to biological hardware, using sonogenetics to link human neurons with foundation models via ultrasound. By prioritizing high-bandwidth augmentation, OpenAI aims to bypass digital interfaces for direct neural interaction. This positions the human brain as the next major computing platform. 🧠🌐
