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

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

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

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

A new, high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) can be rapidly implanted through a minimally invasive procedure. The new BCI solution has been implanted in over 50 patients.

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

The financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The move signals OpenAI’s growing interest in technologies that ...

In Shanghai, a man relies on a robotic dog to collect takeaway food. He doesn’t move nor speak, and yet the dog gets the ...

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

In the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix, “plugging in” symbolized digital enslavement. In 2025, for a paraplegia patient in ...

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, ...