Emergingby GlyphCorTec gets second FDA breakthrough designation
Brain Interchange is now designated for both stroke motor rehab and communication in quadriplegia.
cortec-neuro.com
Brain-computer interfaces
Early commercialmomentum 236,651 papers a year (-13%)$548M raised in 12 months19 companies
Devices that read or stimulate brain signals so a person can control a computer, speak or see without using muscles.
Why early commercial: Science Corp. launched PRIMA commercially in Europe after a CE mark, the first BCI cleared there for form vision restoration. Jul 22, 2026
Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.
Events
All 30 eventsNeuroXess BCI enters China's innovative device review track
Its fully implanted wireless BCI system joins the NMPA special review procedure for innovative devices.
neuroxess.com
PRIMA launches commercially in Europe with a CE mark
Science begins selling PRIMA in Europe for geographic atrophy caused by macular degeneration.
science.xyz
Paradromics performs first implant in Connect-One trial
The first participant in the FDA-approved speech restoration study was implanted at University of Michigan Health.
paradromics.com
FDA clears Motif's depression BCI for a first clinical trial
Motif's wireless DOT implant gets approval for an early feasibility study in treatment-resistant depression.
news.rice.edu
Funding
MintNeuro
Led by Odyssey Ventures
$5MSource ↗
Precision Neuroscience
Led by Pershing Square Inc., Ackman Oxman Institute
$250MSource ↗
Neurosoft Bioelectronics
Led by Skybound Venture Capital
$7.5MSource ↗
Axoft
$55MSource ↗
Science Corporation
$230MSource ↗
Synchron
$200MSource ↗
Neuralink
$650MSource ↗
Paradromics
Led by NEOM Investment Fund
undisclosedSource ↗
Companies
All 20 companies
Meta
Built a wrist-worn surface EMG interface that decodes hand gestures and handwriting across users.
meta.com
CorTec
Develops Brain Interchange, an implant that both stimulates and records for stroke rehab and communication.
cortec-neuro.com
NeuroXess
Shanghai company developing a fully implanted, wireless subdural flexible BCI.
neuroxess.com
Science Corporation
Sells the PRIMA subretinal implant for vision loss and develops biohybrid neural interfaces.
science.xyz
Paradromics
Develops the Connexus high data rate intracortical BCI aimed at restoring speech.
paradromics.com
Motif Neurotech
Develops DOT, a small wireless implant that stimulates brain circuits to treat depression.
motifneuro.tech
Researchers and labs
All 60 researchers and labs
Andrzej S Cichocki
Publishes on Brain-computer interfaces at Warsaw University of Technology: 38 papers in 2 years.
Tzyy‐Ping Jung
Publishes on Brain-computer interfaces at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: 37 papers in 2 years.
Minpeng Xu
Publishes on Brain-computer interfaces at Tianjin University: 36 papers in 2 years.
Jing Jin
Publishes on Brain-computer interfaces at Goethe University Frankfurt: 32 papers in 2 years.
.NeuroRestore
Pairs brain implants with spinal cord stimulation to restore walking after paralysis.
BrainGate
Long-running clinical consortium testing intracortical BCIs to restore movement and communication.
Most cited papers
All 42 papersThe lab streaming layer for synchronized multimodal recording
Christian Kothe, Seyed Yahya Shirazi, Tristan Stenner et al. · Imaging Neuroscience
Neural Manifold Decoder for Acupuncture Stimulations With Representation Learning: An Acupuncture-Brain Interface
Haitao Yu, Fanyi Zeng, Dongliang Liu et al. · IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
Optimized Neural Network for Prediction of Neurological Disorders
Swagat Karve, Siddheshwar S. Gangonda, Ganesh Birajadar et al. · Communications in computer and information science
EEG-Deformer: A Dense Convolutional Transformer for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Yi Ding, Yong Li, Hao Sun et al. · IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
Brain Neuroplasticity Leveraging Virtual Reality and Brain–Computer Interface Technologies
Athanasios S. Drigas, Angeliki Sideraki · Sensors
Patents
Systems and methods for visualizing brain activity in real time at high spatial and temporal resolution
Precision Neuroscience Corp
Neural foundation models for brain-computer interface
Precision Neuroscience Corp
Die reconstitution and high-density interconnects for embedded chips
Neuralink Corp
Device implantation using a cartridge
Neuralink Inc
Systems and methods for controlling a device based on detection of transient oscillatory or pseudo-oscillatory bursts
Synchron Australia Pty Ltd
Neuromonitoring diagnostic systems
Synchron Australia Pty Ltd
About brain-computer interfaces here
- Sub-areas
- Intracortical implantsEndovascular implantsSurface cortical arraysSpeech neuroprosthesesVisual prosthesesTherapeutic neuromodulation BCIsNon-invasive EEG and EMG interfaces
- Stage evidence
- Early commercial, Jul 22, 2026: Science Corp. launched PRIMA commercially in Europe after a CE mark, the first BCI cleared there for form vision restoration. science.xyz
- Momentum
- 23 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (31), funding in 12 months (25) and events in 90 days (13). Method
- Papers
- 6,651 in the 12 months ending two months ago, -13% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
- Tracked here since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Weekly snapshots
- 5 weeks stored; latest Nov 2, 2026. JSON