Y Combinator Podcast

The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces

March 10, 2026|Original: 53m|10 key insights|5 min read

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The first people to live to 1,000 years old are probably alive right now—and it might be way more people than you think

40+ people have already received a brain implant that gives them their sight back—published in New England Journal of Medicine

A tiny 2mm silicon chip under the retina with solar panels lets blind patients read eye charts after a decade of darkness

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