Who are Neuralink's co-founders?

Neuralink was co-founded by Ben Rapoport, Benjamin Rapoport, DJ Seo, Dongjin Seo, Elon Musk, Jared Birchall and 8 more.

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Neuralink

Q: Who founded Neuralink?

Neuralink was founded in 2016 by Ben Rapoport, Benjamin Rapoport, DJ Seo, Dongjin Seo, Elon Musk, Jared Birchall and 8 more.

Q: What happened to Neuralink's founders?

3 people who founded or worked at Neuralink went on to start 17 other companies, including Benjamin Rapoport (Precision Neuroscience), Elon Musk (Zip2, PayPal and 12 more) and Max Hodak (Transcriptic and Science).

Neuralink was founded in 2016 in Fremont, USA by Ben Rapoport, Benjamin Rapoport, DJ Seo, Dongjin Seo and 10 others. It is a Biotech & Pharma company.

Develops implantable brain-computer interface devices.

Private 🦄 Unicorn Founded 2016 Fremont USA Biotech & Pharma

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Neuralink founders & co-founders

Where its founders came from

The companies and labs that produced Neuralink’s founders.

Zip2 PayPal X.com SpaceX Tesla OpenAI Transcriptic

What happened to Neuralink’s founders and alumni

17 companies

People who worked at or founded Neuralink and went on to start their own companies.

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Benjamin Rapoport

1 founded

Precision Neuroscience

Elon Musk

14 founded

Zip2 1996 PayPal 1998 X.com 1999 SpaceX 2002 Tesla 2003 Hyperloop One 2014 OpenAI 2015 The Boring Company 2016 Thud 2017 xAI 2023 X Corp. 2023 SpaceXAI 2023 X Holdings Corp 2023 America PAC

Max Hodak

2 founded

Transcriptic 2015 Science