Merge Labs vs Neuralink

October 29, 2025
Merge Labs ($250M)
Merge Labs
Merge Labs is developing a non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) capable of reading human thoughts using sound waves and magnetic fields, without the need for surgery.
Neuralink ($1.3B)
Neuralink
Neuralink is developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.

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Merge Labs is Sam Altman's startup that is developing a non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) capable of reading human thoughts using sound waves and magnetic fields, without the need for surgery. While Elon Musk’s Neuralink is implanting electrodes array directly into the brain.
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