Elon Musk launched new company, Neuralink, that aims to link humans with computers through brain-computer interfaces

Briefing

April 5, 2017

Briefing	Brain Interface Company – Elon Musk established new company, Neuralink, which plans to link humans with computers through brain machine interfaces Science Fiction Inspired – Inspired by “neural lace” technology in science fiction where electrodes implanted in brain can upload and download thoughts Self-Funded by Musk – Registered in July 2016 as medical research company in California, funded by Elon Musk himself Disease Treatment – First products could involve treating disorders, such as epilepsy or depression, according to The Wall Street Journal Upgrade Cognitive Abilities – Aims to merge humans with software and artificial intelligence, upgrading cognitive abilities
Accelerator	Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
Sector	Healthcare/Health Sciences, Information Technology
Organization	Neuralink
Source	Subba, N., "Elon Musk's new co could allow uploading, downloading thoughts: Wall Street Journal", Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/; Statt, N., "Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI", The Verge, http://www.theverge.com/; Newitz, A., "Elon Musk is setting up a company that will link brains and computers", Ars Technica, http://arstechnica.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	March 28, 2017

Related Briefings

Bioinformatics startups Benevolent AI and Insilico Medicine using artificial intelligence to discover and accelerate treatments for corona virus

February 12, 2020

Ohio-based 80 Acres Farms grows organic, pesticide-free produce using indoor farming, automation and controlled environment methods

February 11, 2020

Canadian company Cognitive Systems introduced WiFi Motion that senses movement by detecting and interpreting changes in Wi-Fi signals at Consumer Electronics Show 2020

January 20, 2020

U.K. Ministry of Defence launched competition for artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed for warships, part of wider Intelligent Ship project

January 16, 2020

Artificial intelligence company Binah.ai debuted health monitoring app that estimates patient’s vital signs from video at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020

January 8, 2020

Go to page

Related Proof Points

Percentage of Work Hours Performed by Machines

March 22, 2019

CEOs Agreeing that Artificial Intelligence Will Have Larger Impact than Internet Revolution

March 21, 2019

Expected Company Adoption of Technologies by 2022

March 18, 2019

HR Leaders’ Expectation of When AI and Automation Will Be Sufficiently Advanced to Impact Workforce Planning in Their Organizations

March 15, 2019

Average Salary For Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Jobs In United States

March 14, 2019

Go to page

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Leave a comment