Just when you thought the circular deals couldn’t get any more circular, OpenAI has invested in CEO Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs. Merge Labs, which defines itself as a “research lab” dedicated to “bridging biological ...

OpenAI has become the lead investor in Merge Labs, a new brain-computer interface research lab co-founded by Sam Altman that just raised around $250 million USD in seed funding Merge Labs is positioning itself against invasive implant players like ...

Musk failed in his attempt to sue Altman for altering the aim of the AI lab they co-founded, but succeeded in something else. And neither can claim to have emerged from this legal dispute with a better reputation for making the world a better place.

OpenAI has invested an undisclosed amount in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface (BCI) startup backed by its own chief executive Sam Altman, adding another layer to the increasingly circular web of deals around the world’s most influential artificial ...

On Thursday, OpenAI announced its investment in neurotech startup Merge Labs, cofounded by its CEO, billionaire Sam Altman. OpenAI will collaborate with the new venture to develop technology to link people’s brains to computers. Merge Labs has raised $ ...