Neuralink Elon Musk says it belongs to “unbearable” persons in submitting documents

Elon Musk The Neuralink Healthcare Company has outlined itself “a small unhappy business” Federal feed With the help of small business administration in the US, shortly before the financing round estimates $ 9 billion.

Neuralink develops a system of brain-computer interface (BCI) with the original goal of helping people with heavy paralysis to regain independence. The BCI technology can generally translate human brain signals into teams that allow you to manipulate external technologies.

The Neuralink submission, from April 24, reached SBA at a time when Musk was headed by the Trump Administration Department of Government. In Dage Mus Musk worked to reduce the size of federal agencies.

Muskwatch For the first time reported the details of the April submission of Neuralink.

According to SBA siteThe SDB designation means that the company is at least 51%owned and controlled by one or more “insufficient” persons who should be “socially insufficient and economically insufficient”. SDB designation can also help business “gain preferential access to federal procurement capabilities,” the SBA said.

Ministry of Justice earlier fine Companies for false claims about its SDB status.

Musk, the world’s richest man, is the CEO Tesla And SpaceX, except for its other enterprises, such as the startup of artificial intelligence XAI and tunneling that is engaged in a sad company. In 2022, Moscow headed the purchase of Twitter for $ 44 billion, which he later called X before merging with XAI.

Jared Birchal, Head of the Neuralink Department, was included in the list of contact people since April. Birchal, who also manages Musk’s money as the head of his family office, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Neuralink, which included in Nevada, closed $ 650 million Round of funding In early June, at estimating $ 9 billion. Ark Invest, Founders of Peter Tyl, Sequoia Capital and Thrive Capital were among the investors. Neuralink said Artificial intelligence“

Under the leadership of Musk in Doge, the initiative sought for state institutions that emphasized diversity, justice and inclusion (Dei). For example, in February, Dodge and Musk boasted that they allocated hundreds of millions of financing for the Department of Education that would go to Dei -related Grants for training.

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