{
  "id": 5396527,
  "title": "AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nano particles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ai-visionary-ray-kurzweil-is-joining-a-silicon-valley-startup",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T19:02:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/03/ai-visionary-ray-kurzweil-is-joining-a-silicon-valley-startup-developing-a-brain-computer-system-that-involves-snorting-nano-particles/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Renowned AI scientist and Google researcher Ray Kurzweil has joined Silicon Valley startup Subsense, which is developing a brain computer interface technology involving the snorting of nano particles. The news was announced at an event at Subsense's headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Kurzweil envisions merging smartphones with the human brain, stating that technology will soon allow humans to transcend the limitations of our biological brains. Subsense's approach is non-surgical but still quite invasive, involving the introduction of charged nano particles into the brain through the nose, similar to using a nasal spray. The nano particles would be controlled to stimulate specific neurons in the brain or read neuron activity through a specialized cap or headset with magnetic coils. Subsense, which has raised $27 million in funding, is currently conducting pre-clinical work and experiments on mice, with the goal of eventually making the technology available for medical uses and potentially as a consumer product. Kurzweil, a National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipient, will provide insight into the company's technology roadmap and the convergence of AI and neural interfaces to reshape human-computer interactions.",
  "summary": "Subsense's brain computing interface could compete with Elon Musk's Neuralink, but would not require surgery.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "One of the fastest-growing jobs in Silicon Valley sends engineers straight to customers’ offices to get AI up and running—and pays more than $188,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/one-of-the-fastest-growing-jobs-in-silicon-valley-sends-engineers",
        "published": "2026-09-03T15:20:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}