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🧠NeuralinkHigh significancePRM-00005
Neuralink Human Trials
Kept
Original Promise
“Neuralink hopes to begin human trials by the end of next year.”
Promised: July 16, 2019Original deadline: December 31, 2020Current deadline: January 29, 2024
Promise Timeline
Total delay: +2y 6moPromised
Jul 16, 2019
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Original deadline
Dec 31, 2020
Revision 1
Feb 1, 2021
+2y
Revision 2
Dec 1, 2022
+2y 6mo
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Revised deadline
Dec 2022
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Revised deadline
Jun 2023
Current deadline
Jan 29, 2024
Revision History (2)
Revision 1Feb 1, 2021Interview
+2y total delay“Hopefully later this year we'll have our Neuralink in a human.”
FDA had not yet approved human trials. Pushed significantly.
Revision 2Dec 1, 2022X Post
+2y 6mo total delay“Neuralink expects to begin human trials in 6 months.”
Still awaiting FDA approval at this point
Outcome
Neuralink's first human implant was performed on January 29, 2024 — approximately 3 years after the original 2020 target. The trial was successful in that the implant functioned, though some threads retracted.
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