Ray Kurzweil joins Subsense, a BCI startup using intranasal nanoparticles
fortune · reddit · 2026-09-08
AI pioneer and Google researcher Ray Kurzweil is joining Subsense, a four-year-old Silicon Valley brain-computer interface startup, the company announced at its Palo Alto HQ.
- Subsense pursues a non-surgical approach: charged nanoparticles delivered intranasally, similar to inhaling nasal spray
- Once in the brain, particles would be controlled via a cap/headset with magnetic coils to stimulate neurons or read activity; a nonfunctional prototype resembling a baseball-cap-bike-helmet hybrid was shown
- By contrast, Neuralink has implanted wireless chips in roughly a dozen paralyzed patients via skull-drilling electrode surgery
Note: the linked article is dated September 2026; details per source.
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