"They mind meld to share a lifetime in what looks like seconds.” One of the most exciting things @allisondman.bsky.social imagines for the future: emulated minds, per Greg Egan's Permutation City, who "have known each other for eons." More on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> youtu.be/knM7yHFH67o

Recording from 100 neurons at once used to be heroic. Now one device reads thousands, and that number doubles every six years. Catch the full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

Artificial neurons sum their inputs to produce an output. Real neurons are considerably more complicated. Full conversation with Konrad Kording (@kordinglab.bsky.social) on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

"From evolution's perspective, we're clearly breaking out of the sandbox." Konrad Kording’s question: If humans escaped evolution’s objectives, should we worry about AI escaping ours? Full conversation with @kordinglab.bsky.social on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

“Our simulations are barely worth the papers we print them on.” @kordinglab.bsky.social on the tiny worm with just 300 neurons that scientists still can't simulate — even with every connection mapped. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

Treating a stroke has long meant dissolving a clot and hoping for the best. Until we learned how to grab the clot and pull it out. "If you do that within a few hours, it's the most incredible thing you'll see in medicine." Tom Oxley on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/0gvHqRv8gTg

“We get to levels of self-knowledge, interaction, communication and positivity that we couldn't do before.” Tom Oxley argues BCIs could become a new tool for human expression. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/0gvHqRv8gTg

A team at @aria-research.bsky.social is testing a gene therapy that lets neurons recognize the early signs of a seizure and quiet themselves down. The brain regulates the brake on its own. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> youtu.be/YpqVcD6tc5U

DBS has been FDA-approved for 25 years and is covered by most insurance. But only ~ 0.1% of Parkinson's patients receive it. Jacques Carolan at @aria-research.bsky.social is working to close the gap. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> youtu.be/YpqVcD6tc5U

Sonalis is testing whether the acoustoelectric effect can read and write electrical signals anywhere in the brain, without opening the skull. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49q8mup

1/ Neurotechnology is at a turning point. For decades, the focus has been clinical—restoring movement, speech, and mental health. That work is the foundation. People already spend $500B+ a year trying to control their brain states (relaxation, focus, sleep).

Every brain runs the same grammar but different words and accents. ML helps BCIs translate, turning your neural code into the control signals you want. Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49puuoC

For decades, neuroscience chased the action potential — the one-millisecond spike of an individual neuron — by penetrating the cortex with microelectrodes. Precision Neuro made another bet. Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast: bit.ly/49puuoC

“What the technology allows us to do… is to decouple the invasiveness of the surgery from the total amount of information that you can exchange with the brain.” Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49puuoC

Sequencing the first human genome cost millions and rewrote medicine. Once the code was readable, computer science reshaped biology in new ways. Neuroscience is at a similar edge. Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49puuoC

Biohybrid BCIs will redefine how we interface with the brain. The future won't just restore function — it'll expand it. Full conversation with @maxhodak.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/4siB7Qp

PRIMA is a retinal implant from @science.xyz that's already restoring real vision. This is how @maxhodak.bsky.social, founder and CEO of Science, is working to improve lives in meaningful ways. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/4siB7Qp

PL network team @privyio.bsky.social had a breakout 2025, scaling from 30M to 120M accounts, raising funding, and joining Stripe. Expanding from crypto-native apps to mainstream fintech, Privy is partnering with teams like Klarna to make onchain tools easier to use at global scale.

1/ Neurotechnology is bottlenecked by systems, not science. Cochlear implants, deep brain stimulation, and neurostimulators have restored function for hundreds of thousands of patients and have collectively generated billions in annual reimbursements.

1/ Neurotechnology is one of the defining opportunities of this century. We’re already seeing the potential to restore function, treat disease, and eventually expand human capability.

PL Neuro team Synchron is taking a minimally invasive, endovascular BCI approach, with miniaturized electronics in hermetically encapsulated packages. A distinct engineering path with different constraints than systems requiring open brain surgery.

Synchron's Stentrode is a self-expanding sensor array delivered via catheter through the jugular vein to the brain, enabling brain-computer interface functionality without open brain surgery.

🇦🇷 Crecimiento is building Argentina to become the crypto capital of the world. Strong adoption, a regulatory environment that supports innovation, and deep local talent are driving new financial infrastructure and startups solving real problems at scale.

@precisionneuro.bsky.social is building conformable thin-film electrode arrays that coat the brain surface without entering the brain. Once thought impossible, this minimally invasive approach has demonstrated the high-resolution neural signals needed for BCI functionality over the past five years.

In 2026, PL network team Crecimiento is doubling down on what works: a local hub bringing together 1,500+ builders every month, and a full builder cycle, from pop-ups and hackathons to incubation and demo day, accelerating the next wave of crypto in Argentina.

🧠 @precisionneuro.bsky.social is moving toward a pivotal clinical trial for a fully implanted BCI system, with hardware, software, and algorithms in development. The aim: enable people with severe paralysis to engage with the digital world, return to work, or play games.

PL network team @privyio.bsky.social had a breakout 2025, scaling from 30M to 120M accounts, raising funding, and joining Stripe. Expanding from crypto-native apps to mainstream fintech, Privy is partnering with teams like Klarna to make onchain tools easier to use at global scale.

Open source underpins nearly everything in the global economy, but funding doesn’t match its value. Open Source Observer focuses on closing that gap with open data, community-built models, and AI workflows that help sustain the software the world runs on.

In 2025, Crecimiento helped grow crypto adoption, strengthen the startup ecosystem, and improve the regulatory environment—culminating in hosting Devconnect and bringing the global crypto community to Argentina. 10,000+ onboarded • 1,000+ startups engaged • $20M+ raised

In 2025, @precisionneuro.bsky.social received its first FDA clearance, enabling expanded clinical programs with U.S. medical centers. More than 70 patients have been implanted, providing system-level validation across materials, devices, hardware, software, and ML.