Neuralink Elon Musk collects $ 650 million

Elon Musk’s Brain Tech Startup Neuralink closed a $ 650 million financing round, the company announced on Monday.

Ark Investment, founder fund, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and other firms participated in the round, reports. Neuralink said Artificial intelligence“

Neuralink builds a brain interface, or BCI, which is a system that translates brain signals into a team for external technology.

The company’s first system, called telepathy, provides 64 “threads” that are inserted directly into the brain. Threads are thinner than human hair, and record neurons through 1024 electrodes, according to Neuralink’s site.

The initial purpose of technology is to help patients with heavy paralysis restore certain independence. As of Monday, five patients were implanted by Neuralink technology and are able to “control digital and physical devices by their thoughts,” the release said.

Currently, Neuralink conducts four separate clinical trials around its telepathic system.

IPS have been studied in scientific circles for decades, and several other companies, including SynchronousParade and The accuracy of neuron They develop their own systems.

Paradromics on Monday announced that she first implanted her BCI.

It is not quite clear which devices will look for Neuralink for the next, but Musk has been supporting great ambitions for launching Brain Tech. He even claimed that he was ready to get the implant himself.

One of the opportunities that Muscovy has repeatedly emphasized is the opportunity to restore vision for blind patients.

Neuralink received a “breakthrough device” from the US Power Management and the US medicine for a device called Blindsight. This designation is provided with medical devices that have the potential to improve treatment for grueling or life -threatening conditions.

In a message on his social media platform X in September Musk said Blindight would even allow those who lost their eyes and their optic nerve.

Neuralink still has a long road forward before it can commercialize these technologies.

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