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Neuralink
Neuralink Corp. is an American neurotechnology company that develops implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Elon Musk and a team of eight scientists and engineers founded it in 2016. It is based in Fremont, California.
Founders
Elon Musk, Max Hodak, Benjamin Rapoport, Dongjin Seo, Paul Merolla, Philip Sabes, Tim Gardner, Tim Hanson, Vanessa Tolosa
Founded
2016
Who it reaches
Patients in human trials, including two people with cervical spinal cord injuries who received implants in Toronto in 2025.
Key facts
- Founded
- June 21, 2016source
- Headquarters
- Fremont, Californiasource
- Funding received by 2019
- $158 million in funding ($100 million was from Musk)source
- Employees by 2019
- 90source
- Canada trial surgeries
- two patients with cervical spinal cord injuries, in August and September 2025, at Toronto's University Health Networksource
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