Company OpenAI intends to invest in a startup Merge Labswho develops brain chips, reports Financial Times. The purpose of investment is to compete with Neuralink Ilona Musk.

The startup plans to attract $850 million, some of which will come from OpenAI. Merge Labs co-founder Sam Altman, however, he will not participate in daily management. Together with him, the company will head Alex Blania, head of the company world, specializing in identification systems through the eye scan.

Presently Neuralink Leading in the area of brain implants. Their devices allow you to control computers and other gadgets with the power of thought and help expand the capabilities of people with paralysis.

Recall that Musk and Altman were co-founders of OpenAI until 2018. Since then, entrepreneurs have been actively competing in the field of artificial intelligence.