“We hope to have this in our first humans — which will be people that have severe spinal cord injuries like tetraplegics, quadriplegics — next year, pending FDA approval.”

Elon MuskCEO

Co-founder of Neuralink

Neuralink implanted no human in 2022; its FDA application was rejected that year over safety concerns. Approval came in May 2023 and the first human implant in January 2024.