Neuralink

4 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 19, 2025 by Elon Musk · said 20 times in 5 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Garry Tan (14), Pedro Franceschi (2), Max Hodak (2)

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2026 11 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2025 7 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
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Everything said about Neuralink, oldest first

Jun 19, 2025 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Musk: Neuralink will do first human vision implants in 6-12 months
“And then I think in the next six to 12 months, we'll be doing our first implants for vision, where even if somebody's completely blind we can write directly to the visual cortex.”
Elon Musk Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 45:03 Elon Musk: Digital Superintelligence, Multiplanetary Life, How to Be Useful · Y Combinator
Jun 19, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Musk: Five humans have received Neuralink implants
“We have now five humans who have received the kind of the read where it's reading signals, and you've got people with ALS who really have no, they're tetraplegics, but they can now communicate at, with Similar bandwidth to a human with a fully functioning body…”
Elon Musk Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 44:35 Elon Musk: Digital Superintelligence, Multiplanetary Life, How to Be Useful · Y Combinator
Jun 19, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Musk: Digital superintelligence will happen before Neuralink scales
“The Neuralink is not necessary to solve digital superintelligence. That'll happen before Neuralink is at scale”
Elon Musk Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 43:38 Elon Musk: Digital Superintelligence, Multiplanetary Life, How to Be Useful · Y Combinator
Mar 9, 2026 positive
Opinion
Hodak: Musk founded Neuralink to upgrade humanity against AI risks
“Elon, he, I mean, he saw what was coming in AI, like, very much more clearly than many other people much earlier, and I think the implications of, like, if you gotta, this can't be a separate thing from humanity, and that needs to emerge somehow, I think that …”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 46:08 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
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