Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is co-founding Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup valued at $850 million and backed by OpenAI’s ventures arm. Partnering with Alex Blania’s Tools for Humanity, Merge Labs will go head-to-head with Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which just raised $600 million at a $9 billion valuation and is testing implants for paralyzed patients.