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'''Neuralink''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Biotechnology|biotechnologyneurotechnology]] startup company developing [[Brain implant|implantable]] [[Brain–computer interface|brain–computer interfaces]] (BCI). The company was started in 2016 and first publicly reported on in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elon Musk Launches Neuralink to Connect Brains With Computers |work=Wall Street Journal |date=March 27, 2017 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-launches-neuralink-to-connect-brains-with-computers-1490642652 |issn=0099-9660 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Statt |first1=Nick |title=Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI |work=[[The Verge]] |date=March 27, 2017 |url=http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15077864/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-computer-interface-ai-cyborgs |accessdate=March 27, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Etherington |first1=Darrell |title=Elon Musks Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up with AI |work=TechCrunch |date=March 27, 2017 |url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2017/03/27/elon-musks-neuralink-wants-to-boost-the-brain-to-keep-up-with-ai/ |accessdate=March 27, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 
Neuralink Corp. [[Delaware General Corporation Law|was incorporated]] in the [[Delaware|US state of Delaware]],{{CN|date=April 2017}} as is common for many companies, but operates in [[California]]. Neuralink is registered in California as a medical research company. The goal of the company, according to CEO [[Elon Musk]], is to [[human enhancement|augment]] humans so that they can continue to be economically useful while competing with machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/28/elon-musk-merge-brains-computers-neuralink|title=Elon Musk wants to connect brains to computers with new company|first1=|last1=Staff|first2=|last2=agencies|date=March 28, 2017|publisher=|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/15/elon-musk-cyborgs-robots-artificial-intelligence-is-he-right|title=Elon Musk says humans must become cyborgs to stay relevant. Is he right?|first=Olivia|last=Solon|date=February 15, 2017|publisher=|via=The Guardian}} </ref>
 
Musk has previously spoken about a "neural lace"<ref>{{Citation|last=Recode|title=We are already cyborgs {{!}} Elon Musk {{!}} Code Conference 2016|date=2016-06-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGPuUQsDjo|accessdate=2017-04-01}}</ref>, which is a term from the [[Culture series]] of science-fiction novels written by [[Iain M. Banks]] in 1987 which introduces the concept of programming neurons.<ref name="CUTHBERTSON">{{cite web|last1=CUTHBERTSON|first1=ANTHONY|title=ELON MUSK LAUNCHES NEURALINK STARTUP TO CONNECT YOUR BRAIN TO THE INTERNET|url=http://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-neuralink-startup-brains-ai-neural-lace-575078|website=newsweek.com|accessdate=April 1, 2017}}</ref> This type of technology is slowly becoming a reality upon recent advances in [[Nanotechnology|nanotechnology]] which allowed the development of a biomedically engineered substrate consisting of electrical circuits that can interact with neurological signals upon injection into the brain.<ref name="Liu et Al., 2015" group="Nature Nanotechnology"/>
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