China could see brain-computer interface (BCI) technology move into practical public use within three to five years as products mature, a leading BCI expert said, as Beijing races to catch up with U.S ...

When you hear "brain-computer interface," you probably picture surgery, wires and a chip in your head. Now picture something quieter. No implant. No incision. Just sound waves directed at the brain.

While Elon Musk’s Neuralink likes to say it’s “pioneering” brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), China’s BCI industry is already quietly moving from research to scale. A new wave of startups is racing to ...

Michigan Medicine opened the Brain-Computer Interface Clinic — one of the first of its kind in the nation — on Dec. 16, 2025 to provide neurological assessments for patients with speech and motor ...

OpenAI Group PBC has invested in Merge Labs Inc., a startup developing hardware that will enable users to control computers with their thoughts. Merge Labs is building a brain-computer interface, or ...

OpenAI (OPENAI) announced on Thursday that it has invested in brain computer interface startup Merge Labs, which includes OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as an investor. Brain computer interfaces, or BCIs, ...

Just when you thought the circular deals couldn’t get any more circular, OpenAI has invested in CEO Sam Altman’s brain computer interface (BCI) startup Merge Labs. Merge Labs, which defines itself as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI, XR and The Metaverse for Forbes. At CES 2026, LumiMind presented its brand new closed-loop ...

In the early days of D-Wave’s history, the company made a decision to pursue annealing as its first technology to build a quantum computer because it promised to offer the fastest path to commercial ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- One of the first brain-computer interface clinics in the country has opened in Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Health opened its clinic to patients with severe motor and speech ...

An important milestone has been achieved in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering shows how a high-performance brain-computer ...

Brain-computer interface technology company Neurable closed a $35 million Series A round of funding led by Spectrum Moonshot Fund, bringing the company's total raise to $65 million. The Boston-based ...