{"id":985849,"date":"2026-01-16T11:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=985849"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:09:50","slug":"openai-invests-in-sam-altmans-merge-labs-the-brain-computer-interface-startup-taking-on-elon-musks-neuralink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/16\/openai-invests-in-sam-altmans-merge-labs-the-brain-computer-interface-startup-taking-on-elon-musks-neuralink\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI invests in Sam Altman\u2019s Merge Labs, the brain-computer interface startup taking on Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has announced an investment in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface (BCI) startup which was founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Rival to Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink, the mission of Merge Labs is to develop safe and scaleable brain-computer interfaces. \u201cWe are excited to support and collaborate with Merge Labs as they turn an ambitious idea into reality and ultimately products that are useful for people,\u201d said the company.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI revealed that funding made by the company will support Merge Labs\u2019 mission of creating safe, scalable brain-computer interfaces that could one day allow humans to interact with artificial intelligence directly through neural signals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has announced an investment in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface (BCI) startup which was founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Rival to Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink, the mission of Merge Labs is to develop safe and scaleable brain-computer interfaces. \u201cWe are excited to support and collaborate with Merge Labs as they turn an ambitious idea into reality and ultimately products that are useful for people,\u201d said the company. OpenAI revealed that funding made by the company will support Merge Labs\u2019 mission of creating safe, scalable brain-computer interfaces that could one day allow humans to interact with artificial intelligence directly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}