neuralink corp elon musks brainimplant company has raised 280 million in new funding from investors to develop its technologythe startup announced the funding round in a post on musks x social network formerly known as twitter the deal was led by founders fund a venture capital firm backed by billionaire peter thielneuralink is the bestknown player in a growing field of brain technology companies partly spurred by neuralinks high profile investors have backed dozens of other startups exploring similar technology startups in the neurotechnology field raised 143 million this year through june 26 according to pitchbook data that compares to 2781 million in all of 2022 and 5189 million in 2021 one rival synchron inc enrolled its first patient in a us clinical trial last year beating neuralink to that milestoneneuralink recently received approval from the us food and drug administration to conduct human clinical trials the company is developing a small device that uses electrodelaced wires to link the brain to a computer placing the device requires drilling into the skullmusks startup has previously raised concerns within animal rights groups for its testing on primates earlier this year the us transportation department began an investigation into the company after an animal advocacy organization said it obtained emails suggesting the startup did not follow proper procedure when shipping possibly hazardous materials