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Noland Arbaugh (born 1993 or 1994) is an American quadriplegic known for being the first human recipient of Neuralink's brain-computer interface (BCI) implant. [1] He gained attention for his use of the device to regain digital autonomy after a spinal cord injury left him paralyzed.
Neuralink Corp. [4] is an American neurotechnology company that has developed, as of 2024, implantable brain–computer interfaces (BCIs). It was founded by Elon Musk and a team of eight scientists and engineers.
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. He is also known for his ownership of X Corp. (the company that operates the social media platform X, formerly Twitter), and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI.
Blindsight is being developed to enable individuals with total visual impairment due to damage to the optic nerve but with intact visual cortex to see, this is made possible by bypassing the optic nerve and directly stimulating the visual cortex to create a visual perception.
xAI was founded by Musk [7] [8] [9] in Nevada [4] on March 9, 2023, and has since been headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. [10] Igor Babuschkin, formerly associated with Google's DeepMind unit, was recruited by Musk to be Chief Engineer.
When neurotechnology company Neuralink was founded by Musk in 2016, corporate filings listed Birchall as its chief executive, chief financial officer and president. [8] According to Bloomberg News, he is not involved in daily operations of the company and that his name was listed on the filings for legal convenience. [5]
Rapoport was previously on the eight-member founding team at Elon Musk’s brain–computer interface company, Neuralink. Rapoport left Neuralink in 2018. [1] Rapoport, along with Michael Mager, an investor and business builder, and a team of experts in areas such as neuroscience, microfabrication and software launched Precision Neuroscience in ...
To help run Neuralink Musk called in the help of Shivon Zilis, who previously worked at Tesla, and was a director at OpenAI, which he co founded but no longer owns. Musk and Zilis are close, so ...