Sumner Norman

Thirdly, Merge Labs, the Sam Altman company that is trying to read the brain with ultrasound instead of electrodes, signed a multi-year deal that makes Butterfly Network its exclusive supplier of ultrasound on a chip.

Merge co-founder Sumner Norman posted a congratulations to both teams.

Fourth, Subsense, a Palo Alto startup that wants to get nanoparticles into the brain through the nose and read them with a headset, added Ray Kurzweil as a product and vision advisor.

They have raised $27 million and are aiming for a first human pilot in 2027.

That said, in the brain tech space, there's actually been incredible progress in the last handful of years on some things that don't require cutting open the skull or at least don't require electrodes in the brain.

I was on stage just a week ago with my friend Sumner Norman.

He's the CEO of a company called Merge Labs, got funded by Sam Altman.

they use ultrasound.