# brain-computer interface
Latest news and articles about brain-computer interface
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Alibaba and Tencent Back Chinese Brain‑Computer Start‑up as It Eyes 40 Clinical Implants This Year
Shanghai’s Jieti Medical has raised RMB 500 million in a strategic round led by Alibaba, with Tencent among returning investors, and has accelerated clinical work including a domestic first 256‑channel implant. The company plans a large multi‑centre registration trial targeting about 40 implants in 2026, signalling China’s push to move brain–computer interfaces from lab to clinic quickly.
From Restoring Sight to 'Consciousness Machines': Neuralink Co‑founder Says BCI Is Entering a Takeoff Era — and Predicts Humans May Live to 1,000
A retinal implant developed by Max Hodak’s company Science has reportedly restored coherent visual percepts in more than 40 blind patients and published results in the New England Journal of Medicine. Hodak frames this clinical success as the start of a BCI "takeoff era," outlining ambitious plans for biohybrid implants, deep AI–neuroscience convergence, and even radical longevity claims that the first 1,000‑year humans may already be alive.