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Elon Musk’s Neuralink raises over $200 million from Google Ventures, others
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake
July 30, 2021
(Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup, Neuralink, has raised $205 million in a funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital firm Vy Capital, with participation from Alphabet Inc’s Google Ventures, the company said on Thursday.
Neuralink aims to implant wireless brain computer chips to help cure neurological conditions including Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries and fuse humankind with artificial intelligence.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip start-up, Neuralink, has raised US$205-million (R3-billion) in a funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital firm Vy Capital, with participation from Google Ventures, the company said on Thursday.
Neuralink aims to implant wireless brain computer chips to help cure neurological conditions including Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries and fuse humankind with artificial intelligence.
The company released a video in April showing a male macaque playing a videogame, Mind Pong, after getting chips embedded on each side of its brain (watch it below).
“First @Neuralink product will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs,” Musk tweeted in June. “The device is implanted flush with skull & charges wirelessly, so you look & feel totally normal.”
Friday, 30 Jul 2021 09:21 AM MYT
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup, Neuralink, has raised US$205 million in a funding round. Reuters pic
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup, Neuralink, has raised US$205 million (RM868 million) in a funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital firm Vy Capital, with participation from Alphabet Inc’s Google Ventures, the company said on Thursday.
Neuralink aims to implant wireless brain computer chips to help cure neurological conditions including Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries and fuse humankind with artificial intelligence.