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

Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface lab pursues non-invasive, AI-native neural hardware that rivals Neuralink and stirs governance debate.

OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup founded by Sam Altman. The company aims to develop safe ...

OpenAI is investing in Sam Altman's BCI startup Merge Labs, which aims to enhance human capabilities through innovative brain ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neurable, the company behind the brain-computer interface (BCI) technology capable of integrating into consumer headphones, announces a new venture at CES 2026 last week: gaming headphones.