Read our live updates from CES 2026 in Las Vegas to see the latest consumer gadgetry in all of its chatbot-enabled, ...

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

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

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

OpenAI is continuing its push into healthcare by investing in Merge Labs, a brain computer interface startup co-founded by its CEO, Sam Altman. Merge Labs is a competitor in the brain computer ...

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

An important milestone has been achieved in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering shows how a high-performance brain-computer ...

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

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

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 ...

Brain–computer interfaces have advanced rapidly, driven by medical needs and private investment. Devices can now translate neural signals into digital commands. Initially designed to restore movement ...