This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos speaks with Science Corp. founder Max Hodak about how brain-computer interfaces are coming faster than anyone realizes. The co-founder and former president of Neuralink shares how his company recently achieved perhaps the biggest breakthrough in vision restoration in decades, with tiny retinal implants smaller than a grain of rice helping 80% of blind people read again. In this conversation, they also explore the near-term commercialization path for BCI through medical applications, the long-term potential for enhancing cognitive function and “combining” multiple brains, and why Science, which has raised $260 million from investors to date, is keen to generate revenue while investing in future products. Not last, Hodak tackles practical and ethical questions about hacking, enhancement, and why he thinks it may be possible to “transfer consciousness” outside the body in the not-too-distant future.
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