Elon Musk appears to be consistently surrounded by controversy. One of the world’s richest men seemingly goes from one donnybrook to another be it on his Social Media platform X, (formerly known as Twitter), or from his brain implant company Neuralink. The company has been linked to allegations that it incorrectly dealt with devices “harboring” infectious pathogens to questions of animal cruelty and the actual battery in the Neuralink device. However, in May of this year, Neuralink did get approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start conducting human clinical trials with the brain implant. But there is one constant with Elon Musk: he attracts investment, and in August, Neuralink got a cash infusion of $280 million. This month, Neuralink has gotten more cash. They’re spending aggressively and one assumes the team works to use the funds to advance the experimental product.
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