Overview
- Sources say biomolecular engineer Mikhail Shapiro has been positioned as a founding technical leader in investor presentations.
- The company is in active funding talks described as hundreds of millions, with the Financial Times citing about $250 million from OpenAI’s venture fund.
- Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania are reported co-founders, and Altman is expected to act as chairman rather than manage day to day.
- Coverage indicates early products target noninvasive brain–computer links using ultrasound, magnetic fields, and gene-based methods that sensitize cells to sound.
- Neither Shapiro nor representatives for Altman and Blania provided comment, and journalists note the startup has not yet announced details.