11 companies · 12 sourced backers · 64 milestones on record
Neurotechnology and brain-computer interfaces measure brain signals or connect the brain with computers and devices. Companies are developing implants to restore communication, device control or sight, alongside non-invasive sensors for research and everyday use. Others aim to make brain activity easier to measure outside hospitals and laboratories.
Where the 11 companies stand today, from their profiles and 10-year milestones. Tap a phase to see who is there.
- ▸Regulatory approval for therapeutic implants and clinical diagnostics
- ▸Advancing implants through human testing toward permanent use
- ▸Making brain sensing affordable and accessible outside specialist settings
- ▸Achieving reliable communication and device control
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- ›10-year milestone records for each company: demo vs shipped
- ›Explained: plain-words readiness diagrams for real breakthroughs
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- ›The events calendar: launches, approvals and deadlines ahead
- Blackrock Neurotech
A commercially approved brain-computer interface system (its MoveAgain platform) that restores movement, communication, or sensation for paralyzed patients o…
Some users · backed by Peter Thiel, re.Mind Capital
- Emotiv
To move EEG brain measurement out of the lab and into affordable wearable devices and a brain-data platform usable in the real world.
Some users
- Kernel
To make brain activity routinely measurable outside a hospital so brain health can be tracked and acted on, and to detect conditions (such as cognitive decli…
Some users · backed by Bryan Johnson
- Neurable
To embed brain-reading EEG sensors into mainstream consumer electronics so people can routinely measure focus and mental state.
Some users · backed by M Ventures
- Neuralink
Initially to let people with paralysis control devices by thought, and in the company's stated longer-term vision to enable broader communication between the…
Trials
- NeuroSky
To make non-invasive brain and biological sensing accessible through low-cost chips and devices.
Some users
- OpenBCI
To make brain and other biological signals accessible through open, non-invasive hardware.
Trials
- Paradromics
A commercially approved, fully implantable BCI that reliably restores communication and computer control for people with severe motor or speech impairment.
Trials · backed by Prime Movers Lab, DARPA
- Precision Neuroscience
To build a high-resolution but minimally invasive and reversible brain-computer interface for people with paralysis and neurological conditions, and to advan…
Some users · backed by Steadview Capital
- Science Corporation
Commercially approved implants that restore functional sight to people who have gone blind from retinal disease.
Trials
- Synchron
To provide people with severe paralysis a way to control computers and devices by thought using an implant placed without open-brain surgery, and to advance …
Trials · backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Gates Frontier
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