BCI Atlas
A directory of BCI companies and labs, with links to each profile.
This page lists organizations in the BCI ecosystem and links to their detailed briefs.
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American companies
Neuralink
A grounded snapshot of Neuralink: what it is building, where it is, how big it is, and what is publicly known from primary sources.
Blackrock Neurotech
Blackrock Neurotech’s Utah Array / NeuroPort ecosystem and clinical ambitions (MoveAgain): what it is, why it matters, and what’s public about the company.
Synchron
Synchron’s endovascular BCI (Stentrode): what it is, how it works, what human data exists, and what to watch next.
Precision Neuroscience
Precision Neuroscience’s Layer 7 Cortical Interface: a high-density, thin-film cortical surface array aimed at minimally invasive, removable, high-bandwidth BCI.
Paradromics
Paradromics’ Connexus BCI: high-channel-count intracortical recording aimed at restoring speech and computer control, plus what’s known publicly about the company.
Science Corporation
Science Corporation’s BCI work with an emphasis on its biohybrid neural interface concept (neurons-as-the-interface), plus its PRIMA retinal prosthesis program.
Axogen
Axogen is a publicly traded U.S. med-tech company focused on peripheral nerve repair and regeneration (adjacent to long-term peripheral nerve interface readiness).
Cortigent
Cortigent is an American neurostimulation company developing the investigational Orion visual cortical prosthesis, continuing the Second Sight lineage under Vivani ownership.
NeuroNexus Technologies
NeuroNexus is an American neural-interface hardware company focused on silicon probes, electrode arrays, and electrophysiology systems for research and translational workflows.
Axoft
Axoft’s ultra-soft ‘brain-like’ implant materials: the bet that mechanical matching reduces scarring/drift and stabilizes chronic neural recordings.
Second Sight Medical Products (historical company brief)
Second Sight developed the Argus II retinal prosthesis (FDA HDE, 2013) and later shifted toward cortical vision concepts before winding down operations; its lineage continues under Cortigent.
European companies
CorTec
CorTec’s Brain Interchange: a fully implantable, wireless, closed-loop neurotechnology platform moving into first-in-human use in Europe.
INBRAIN Neuroelectronics
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).
Chinese companies
NeuroXess
NeuroXess (Shanghai): a Chinese implantable BCI company cited in reporting for multi-patient implants and Chinese speech decoding demos.
NeuCyber NeuroTech / Beinao-1
NeuCyber (CIBR spinoff, Beijing): Beinao-1 coin-sized implant reported in Wired as implanted in multiple patients for cursor/smartphone control.
StairMed
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
MIT — Neural engineering & neurotechnology ecosystem
MIT’s BCI footprint is best understood as an enabling-technology powerhouse: neuroengineering hubs and labs advancing interfaces, bioelectronics, sensing/modulation, and neural data methods.
Stanford University — Neural engineering & brain–computer interfaces ecosystem
Stanford is a full-stack intracortical BCI ecosystem with sustained human translation through NPTL, plus adjacent closed-loop implant neurotechnology.
University of Michigan — Neural engineering & BCI ecosystem
UMich is a major neural engineering hub spanning intracortical iBCI translation, noninvasive clinical BCIs, and foundational neural probe hardware (the ‘Michigan probe’ lineage).
University of Pennsylvania — BCI & neurotechnology ecosystem
Penn is a full-stack BCI ecosystem spanning clinic-facing implantable systems, decoding/methods, and biohybrid interface biology (including ‘living electrode’ concepts).
University of Utah — Neural engineering & neurotechnology ecosystem
Utah is historically central to implantable microelectrode arrays (Utah Electrode Array lineage) and remains active in neuroprosthetics, closed-loop systems, and human translation (e.g., cortical visual prostheses).
Technical University of Munich (TUM) invasive BCI project
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.
University of Florida — Neural engineering & BCI ecosystem
UF has an ecosystem-level footprint in neural engineering spanning noninvasive decoding (MEG), neuromodulation/brain mapping, and interface biology/biomaterials, with structured training inside UF BME.
BrainGate Consortium
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.
CEA‑Clinatec / WIMAGINE
Grenoble’s CEA‑Clinatec work on brain-controlled exoskeletons using implanted wireless ECoG (WIMAGINE) as a proof-of-concept for whole-body assistive control.