Neuralink: What to Know About Musk’s Human Brain Implant Startup

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. has performed its first brain implant on a human — a major step toward the billionaire’s goal of one day enabling people to control computers with their minds. And for the first time Musk has given the implant device a name.

Here’s all you need to know about Neuralink and the company’s first human trial:

What is Neuralink?

Neuralink is a startup founded by Elon Musk in 2017. It’s trying to build a brain-computer interface that would help people with traumatic injuries operate phones and PCs using only their thoughts. To do that, it’s working ...