Merge Labs
$850M
Reported valuation
Less-invasive, high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces combining biology, devices and AI.
- Founded
- 2026
- Research area
- AI for math & science — Neurotech / BCI
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Structure
- Public benefit corporation
Founders
- Tyson Aflalo — previously Princeton, Caltech, Forest Neurotech
- Sam Altman (backer) — previously Stanford, Loopt, Y Combinator, OpenAI
- Alex Blania — previously FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg, Max Planck Institute, Caltech, Tools for Humanity / World
- Sandro Herbig — previously FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg, Max Planck Institute, Caltech, Tools for Humanity / World
- Sumner Norman — previously University of Utah, UC Irvine, Caltech, AE Studio, Forest Neurotech
- Mikhail Shapiro — previously Brown University, MIT, Cyberkinetics, Third Rock Ventures, Caltech