Some investors are valuing Elon Musk's Neuralink at $42 billion
THE SO WHAT
A $42B implied valuation for Neuralink pulls brain–computer interfaces out of the fringe and into mainstream capital allocation. Health systems, device makers, and neurotech startups now have to plan for a world where invasive BCIs are treated as a serious platform bet, not a research curiosity.
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