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Neuralink, by the numbers
These charts track participants, trials, signal speed, and funding.
27+
People implanted, by Neura Pod's October 2026 estimate
7
Hospital trial sites
11.32
Record bits per second for brain cursor control, October 2026
$9.65B
Valuation at the June 2025 Series E
The clinical program
The company
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Data sources (34)
- Neuralink-sponsored trial registrations: PRIME, CONVOY, VOICE, CAN-PRIME, UAE-PRIME, GB-PRIME plus outcome study; start dates, first-post dates, enrollment targets, and hospital sites
- 2026-01-28 update: 21 participants worldwide, over 10 bits per second (Nick), up to 40 words per minute, up to 17 hours per day (Sebastian), zero serious device-related adverse events, plan to raise 1000 to 3000 electrodes
- 2025-02-05 update: three participants, over 4,900 cumulative usage hours, over 670 implant-days, 6.5 hours per day average independent use
- 2024-08-21 update: second participant Alex implanted July 2024 at Barrow, broke prior BCI cursor record on day one, no thread retraction
- 2024-05-08 update: P1 Noland 4.6 then 8.0 bits per second, thread retraction and recalibration, engineers about 10 bits per second with a mouse
- Neura Pod patient table: 27+ people implanted as of October 2026 (Neura Pod estimate); Neuralink's January 28, 2026 update reported 21. P13 Paul (first UK, UCLH, October 2025); Kenneth Shock, 21st patient (VOICE, UT Southwestern, January 2026)
- @elonmusk 2024-01-29: first human received an implant from Neuralink the prior day, promising neuron spike detection (confirms 2024-01-28)
- @elonmusk 2024-01-29: first Neuralink product is called Telepathy
- neuralink.com/updates/prime-study-progress-update; @elonmusk 1752098683024220632; neurapod.com/patient-table (last synced October 2026)
- neurapod.com/patient-table (last synced October 2026)
- neuralink.com/updates/two-years-of-telepathy
- neuralink.com/updates/prime-study-progress-update-second-participant; neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/alex-conley
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/brad-smith; neurapod.com/blog/neuralink-update-august-2026
- neuralink.com/updates/a-year-of-telepathy
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/mike-melgarejo
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/rj-tanner
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/rob-greiner; neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/jake-schneider; neuralink.com/updates/two-years-of-telepathy
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/nick-wray; neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/audrey-crews; uhn.ca press release (first Neuralink surgeries outside the US); neurapod.com/patient-table (last synced October 2026)
- uhn.ca press release; @neuralink 1965528520777716119
- @neuralink 1982839792040910952; neurapod.com/blog/neuralink-implants-humans-2025
- neuralink.com/updates/two-years-of-telepathy; neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/jon-noble; uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk (January 29, 2026)
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/kenneth-shock; neuralink.com/updates/two-years-of-telepathy
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/cj; neurapod.com/patient-table (last synced October 2026)
- neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/lee-marten; neurapod.com/neuralink-patients/terence-mandable; neurapod.com/blog/neuralink-update-2026; neurapod.com/blog/what-it-takes-fda-human-trials-to-consumer-device
- clinicaltrials.gov API v2
- clinicaltrials.gov PRIME record history, versions 0 to 4
- clinicaltrials.gov PRIME record history, version 5
- clinicaltrials.gov API v2; neurapod.com/clinical-trial-sites-list (7 sites)
- neuralink.com/updates/prime-study-progress-update-user-experience
- x.com/ajtourville/status/1811098786695106614; neurapod.com/blog/neuralink-brain-read-speed
- neuralink.com/updates/pretraining-on-50000-hours
- neuralink.com/updates/series-c-funding-round-announcement
- neuralink.com/updates/neuralink-raises-280m-series-d
- neuralink.com/updates/neuralink-raises-650m-series-e
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