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

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

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 competitor in the growing brain-implant ...

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

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 ...

A new brain implant stands to transform human-computer interaction and expand treatment possibilities for neurological conditions such as epilepsy, spinal cord injury, ALS, stroke, and ...

OpenAI did not disclose the amount of its investment, a portion of the $252 million seed round that also came from investors ...

Brain-computer interfaces are typically unwieldy, which makes using them on the move a non-starter. A new neural interface small enough to be attached between the user’s hair follicles keeps working ...

OpenAI (OPENAI) announced on Thursday that it has invested in brain computer interface startup Merge Labs, which includes ...

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