Neuralink competitor raises US$20mil for brain implants


A competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink, Paradromics raised RM84.49mil, getting it on track to introduce a new generation of powerful and tiny electrodes to the human brain. — AP Photo

A competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink said it raised US$20mil (RM84.49mil), enough to get it on track to introduce a new generation of powerful and tiny electrodes to the human brain.

Paradromics Inc., founded in 2015 about a year ahead of Neuralink, is building brain-computer interfaces that could help people with disorders ranging from paralysis to speech impediments.

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