Altman’s Merge Raises $252 Million to Link Brains and Computers

Merge Labs, a company co-founded by AI billionaire Sam Altman that is building devices to connect human brains to computers, raised $252 million.

The company is being formed as entrepreneurs and investors across Silicon Valley anticipate a future where artificial intelligence is so advanced that humans will be willing — and perhaps compelled — to augment their brains to take advantage of it. Just as smartphones provide access to the digital world, experimental brain technology is being designed to streamline the experience.

Merge’s goal is to seamlessly connect people and artificial intelligence to “maximize human ability, agency, and experience,” ...