This is a separate space from Articles: a browsable index of companies and labs. Company briefs stay tech-forward and link-heavy.
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American companies
01 — Neuralink (company brief)
A grounded snapshot of Neuralink: what it is building, where it is, how big it is, and what is publicly known from primary sources.
02 — Synchron (company brief)
Synchron’s endovascular BCI (Stentrode): what it is, how it works, what human data exists, and what to watch next.
03 — Paradromics (company brief)
Paradromics’ Connexus BCI: high-channel-count intracortical recording aimed at restoring speech and computer control, plus what’s known publicly about the company.
04 — Blackrock Neurotech (company brief)
Blackrock Neurotech’s Utah Array / NeuroPort ecosystem and clinical ambitions (MoveAgain): what it is, why it matters, and what’s public about the company.
05 — Precision Neuroscience (company brief)
Precision Neuroscience’s Layer 7 Cortical Interface: a high-density, thin-film cortical surface array aimed at minimally invasive, removable, high-bandwidth BCI.
06 — Science Corporation (company brief)
Science Corporation’s BCI work with an emphasis on its biohybrid neural interface concept (neurons-as-the-interface), plus its PRIMA retinal prosthesis program.
08 — Axoft (company brief)
Axoft’s ultra-soft ‘brain-like’ implant materials: the bet that mechanical matching reduces scarring/drift and stabilizes chronic neural recordings.
European companies
07 — INBRAIN Neuroelectronics (company brief)
INBRAIN’s graphene-based, high-density cortical interfaces aimed at precision neurology: high-resolution sensing + stimulation with a path toward closed-loop therapy (e.g., Parkinson’s).
09 — CorTec (company brief)
CorTec’s Brain Interchange: a fully implantable, wireless, closed-loop neurotechnology platform moving into first-in-human use in Europe.
Chinese companies
10 — NeuroXess (company brief)
NeuroXess (Shanghai): a Chinese implantable BCI company cited in reporting for multi-patient implants and Chinese speech decoding demos.
11 — NeuCyber NeuroTech / Beinao-1 (company brief)
NeuCyber (CIBR spinoff, Beijing): Beinao-1 coin-sized implant reported in Wired as implanted in multiple patients for cursor/smartphone control.
12 — StairMed (company brief)
StairMed (Shanghai): invasive BMI reported in 2025 first-in-man trials enabling amputee computer/game control via a coin-sized implant and ultra-thin electrodes.
Labs
13 — BrainGate Consortium (lab brief)
BrainGate is a long-running multi-institution intracortical BCI effort (Brown/Stanford/MGH/VA etc.), known for high-performance cursor control and brain-to-text via handwriting.
14 — CEA‑Clinatec / WIMAGINE (lab brief)
Grenoble’s CEA‑Clinatec work on brain-controlled exoskeletons using implanted wireless ECoG (WIMAGINE) as a proof-of-concept for whole-body assistive control.
15 — Technical University of Munich (TUM) invasive BCI project (lab brief)
TUM University Hospital implanted a 256‑microelectrode BCI in a quadriplegic patient (reported as Europe’s first such procedure), aiming at smartphone and robotic-arm control.
16 — University of Utah — Neural engineering & neurotechnology ecosystem (lab brief)
Utah has deep historical roots in neural engineering (e.g., microelectrode arrays) and an active neurotechnology pipeline across engineering + medicine.
17 — University of Michigan — Neural engineering ecosystem (lab brief)
Michigan is a major US hub for biomedical/neural engineering; this is a placeholder hub entry we’ll expand into specific labs and publications.
18 — University of Pennsylvania — Cullen Lab (neuroengineering / living electrodes) (lab brief)
UPenn’s Cullen Lab focuses on neural tissue engineering and repair, including ‘living electrode’ concepts relevant to biohybrid interfaces.
19 — University of Florida — Neural engineering ecosystem (lab brief)
UF has an active biomedical engineering program with coursework/events in neural engineering and multiple labs spanning signals, decoding, and neurotechnology.