Neuralink - Quiz
Neuralink
  • 1. What type of company is Neuralink Corp.?
A) Biotechnology research lab
B) American neurotechnology company
C) Artificial intelligence software firm
D) Robotics manufacturing corporation
  • 2. What is Neuralink developing?
A) Virtual reality headsets
B) Implantable brain-computer interfaces
C) Automated surgical robots
D) Artificial intelligence algorithms
  • 3. Who founded Neuralink along with a team of eight scientists and engineers?
A) Max Hodak
B) Benjamin Rapoport
C) Jared Birchall
D) Elon Musk
  • 4. In what year was Neuralink launched?
A) 2018
B) 2015
C) 2017
D) 2016
  • 5. When was Neuralink first publicly reported?
A) May 2019
B) March 2017
C) January 2016
D) April 2018
  • 6. Where was the company originally based?
A) San Francisco, California
B) Del Valle, Texas
C) Austin, Texas
D) Fremont, California
  • 7. Where does Neuralink plan to build a three-story building with office and manufacturing space?
A) Mission District
B) Fremont
C) Del Valle
D) San Francisco
  • 8. How far east of Gigafactory Texas is the planned Del Valle building?
A) About 5 miles
B) About 50 miles
C) About 20 miles
D) About 10 miles
  • 9. How much funding had Neuralink received by 2019?
A) $100 million
B) $650 million
C) $55 billion
D) $158 million
  • 10. How much of the 2019 funding was provided by Elon Musk?
A) $58 million
B) $158 million
C) $100 million
D) $650 million
  • 11. How many employees did Neuralink have by 2019?
A) 150
B) 8
C) 90
D) 1,500
  • 12. What kind of device did Neuralink announce it was working on in 2019 that resembles a sewing machine?
A) A machine that weaves artificial neural tissues
B) A laser-guided tissue repair tool
C) A device capable of implanting very thin threads into the brain
D) A device for stitching closed surgical wounds automatically
  • 13. What was the width of the threads implanted by Neuralink's 2019 device?
A) 1 to 2 μm
B) 20 to 25 μm
C) 10 to 15 μm
D) 4 to 6 μm
  • 14. How many electrodes were used in the 2019 demonstration that read information from a lab rat?
A) 1,500
B) 2002
C) 158
D) 90
  • 15. In what year did Neuralink originally anticipate starting experiments with humans?
A) 2024
B) 2020
C) 2023
D) 2019
  • 16. To which year was the human experiment timeline later moved from 2020?
A) 2025
B) 2023
C) 2021
D) 2024
  • 17. As of May 2023, for what has Neuralink been approved in the United States?
A) Animal testing
B) High-volume production
C) Human trials
D) Commercial sales
  • 18. On what date did Elon Musk announce that Neuralink had successfully implanted a device in a human?
A) April 2021
B) January 29, 2024
C) February 8, 2024
D) September 2024
  • 19. What is the name of the first human patient who received a Neuralink device implant?
A) Noland Arbaugh
B) Jared Birchall
C) Max Hodak
D) Benjamin Rapoport
  • 20. Why has the company faced criticism regarding animals?
A) For testing unapproved drugs on lab rats without consent
B) For failing to provide adequate food to test subjects
C) For releasing modified animals into the wild
D) For the large number of primates that were euthanized after medical trials
  • 21. What do the monkeys' veterinary records allegedly show regarding the medical trials?
A) Infections caused by improper cage sanitation
B) Miraculous recoveries from paralysis
C) Complications with surgically implanted electrodes
D) Behavioral changes unrelated to the surgery
  • 22. What is the name of Neuralink's latest development effort announced in September 2024?
A) Precision
B) NeuraLink
C) Blindsight
D) Neural Lace
  • 23. What is the purpose of Neuralink's Blindsight development effort?
A) To allow paralyzed patients to walk using robotic exoskeletons
B) To enable blind people whose visual cortex is undamaged to regain some level of vision
C) To enhance normal human vision beyond standard biological limits
D) To restore hearing to deaf individuals using auditory nerve stimulators
  • 24. What status did the Blindsight development receive from the U.S. federal government?
A) Priority patent status
B) Commercial exemption status
C) Breakthrough status
D) Small disadvantaged business status
  • 25. Who performed Canada's first Neuralink brain implant surgeries in August and September 2025?
A) Precision Neuroscience staff
B) Gigafactory Texas medical team
C) Delaware Court of Chancery
D) Toronto's University Health Network
  • 26. What condition did the two Canadian patients who received Neuralink surgeries in 2025 have?
A) Pong addiction
B) Severe brain diseases
C) Undamaged visual cortex blindness
D) Cervical spinal cord injuries
  • 27. Name one of the eight founding scientists and engineers of Neuralink besides Elon Musk.
A) Jared Birchall
B) Max Hodak
C) Pedram Mohseni
D) Noland Arbaugh
  • 28. Who were the owners of the rights to the name "NeuraLink" approached by Musk's proxies in January 2017?
A) Tim Gardner and Tim Hanson
B) Philip Sabes and Vanessa Tolosa
C) Max Hodak and Benjamin Rapoport
D) Pedram Mohseni and Randolph Nudo
  • 29. What was Neuralink's short-term aim announced in April 2017?
A) To manufacture automated sewing machines
B) To allow monkeys to play video games
C) To achieve symbiosis with artificial intelligence
D) To make devices to treat serious brain diseases
  • 30. What is Neuralink's eventual goal sometimes called transhumanism?
A) Neural networking
B) Artificial evolution
C) Human enhancement
D) Cortical replacement
  • 31. From what fictional universe did Elon Musk derive part of his inspiration for neural lace?
A) The Culture
B) Matrix
C) Neuromancer
D) Snow Crash
  • 32. Who authored the series of 10 novels titled The Culture?
A) Elon Musk
B) Max Hodak
C) Iain M. Banks
D) Benjamin Rapoport
  • 33. How did Musk define the neural lace?
A) A digital layer above the cortex
B) A mechanical helmet for reading brainwaves
C) A surgical thread made of silicon
D) A chemical compound that repairs neurons
  • 34. According to Musk, what is the long-term goal regarding artificial intelligence?
A) To destroy all artificial intelligence entities
B) To completely replace human thought with AI
C) To achieve symbiosis with artificial intelligence
D) To regulate AI through government oversight
  • 35. How does Musk perceive artificial intelligence if left unchecked?
A) As a harmless video game simulation
B) As a minor inconvenience to society
C) As an existential threat to humanity
D) As the ultimate solution to all diseases
  • 36. To what does Musk compare the expected function of the Neuralink device regarding memory and state?
A) A computer hard drive backup
B) A video game saved game situation
C) A smartphone cloud synchronization
D) A digital library catalog
  • 37. Who was listed as Neuralink's CEO, CFO, and president in 2018?
A) Benjamin Rapoport
B) Max Hodak
C) Elon Musk
D) Jared Birchall
  • 38. What was Jared Birchall's primary role outside of Neuralink in 2018?
A) Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery
B) Co-founder of OpenAI
C) CEO of Tesla
D) Head of Musk's family office
  • 39. What was Elon Musk's ownership status in Neuralink as of September 2018?
A) Chief executive officer and sole owner
B) President and chief financial officer
C) Majority owner without an executive position
D) Minority shareholder and board chairman
  • 40. According to Tesla's October 2026 proxy statement, what position does Musk hold at Neuralink?
A) Chief executive officer
B) Director of engineering
C) Chief financial officer
D) President
  • 41. Why did co-founder Benjamin Rapoport leave Neuralink in 2018?
A) Financial disagreements
B) Safety concerns
C) Relocation to Texas
D) Pressure from OpenAI
  • 42. What company did Benjamin Rapoport found after leaving Neuralink?
A) Precision Neuroscience
B) OpenAI
C) NeuraLink Corp.
D) Tesla
  • 43. What type of electrodes does Precision Neuroscience emphasize compared to Neuralink?
A) Penetrating electrodes
B) Thread-based electrodes
C) Wireless radio electrodes
D) Surface electrodes
  • 44. According to a 2020 article by Stat News, how many of the eight founding scientists remained at Neuralink by August 2020?
A) Zero
B) Only three
C) Only two
D) All eight
  • 45. In what neighborhood and city was Neuralink headquartered as of 2020?
A) Fremont, California
B) Gigafactory, Texas
C) Mission District, San Francisco
D) Del Valle, Texas
  • 46. Which company did Neuralink share the Pioneer building with in San Francisco?
A) OpenAI
B) Stat News
C) Precision Neuroscience
D) Tesla
  • 47. In what month and year did Neuralink demonstrate a monkey playing "Pong" using an implant?
A) May 2021
B) April 2021
C) January 2024
D) March 2017
  • 48. Since what year had technology allowing a monkey to move a computer cursor with neural signals existed before Neuralink's Pong demonstration?
A) 2010
B) 2016
C) 1995
D) 2002
  • 49. What engineering progress did scientists acknowledge in Neuralink's 2021 monkey demonstration?
A) Using surface electrodes instead of penetrating ones
B) Making the implant wireless and increasing the number of implanted electrodes
C) Eliminating the need for any surgical procedure
D) Teaching the monkey to speak English through the implant
  • 50. When did co-founder and president Max Hodak announce he no longer worked with Neuralink?
A) April 2021
B) May 2021
C) February 2024
D) January 2022
  • 51. How many of the original eight co-founders remained at Neuralink as of January 2022?
A) Zero
B) Only two
C) All eight
D) Only three
  • 52. On what date did Musk change Neuralink's business incorporation state from Delaware to Nevada?
A) February 8, 2024
B) April 2025
C) January 29, 2024
D) December 2025
  • 53. Which judge voided Elon Musk's $55 billion pay package at Tesla, prompting the Nevada re-incorporation?
A) Kathaleen McCormick
B) Noland Arbaugh
C) Max Hodak
D) Jared Birchall
  • 54. What court reversed the Delaware Court of Chancery's decision regarding Musk's Tesla pay package in December 2025?
A) U.S. Small Business Administration
B) Delaware Supreme Court
C) U.S. federal government
D) Nevada Supreme Court
  • 55. In April 2025, how did Neuralink erroneously label itself in a federal filing?
A) A foreign neurotechnology entity
B) A non-profit research foundation
C) A "small disadvantaged business"
D) A publicly traded corporation
  • 56. On which federal website was the erroneous business designation box checked by Neuralink in April 2025?
A) Neuralink.net
B) SAM.gov
C) OpenAI.org
D) Tesla.com
  • 57. How much money did Neuralink raise in a Series E round in June 2025?
A) $100 million
B) $158 million
C) $650 million
D) $55 billion
  • 58. What was Neuralink's reported pre-money valuation during its June 2025 Series E funding round?
A) About $55 billion
B) About $158 million
C) About $9 billion
D) About $100 million
  • 59. At the end of 2025, what did Musk announce Neuralink would begin in 2026?
A) Mass euthanasia of primates
B) Relocation of headquarters to San Francisco
C) "High-volume production" of its devices
D) Human trials in Canada
  • 60. What type of surgical procedure did Musk state Neuralink would move to in 2026?
A) An almost entirely automated surgical procedure
B) A non-surgical intravenous insertion procedure
C) A surface electrode attachment procedure
D) A manual sewing-machine guided procedure
  • 61. In what year did Gizmodo report that Neuralink remained highly secretive about its work?
A) 2018
B) 2017
C) 2020
D) 2019
  • 62. In what year did the Neuralink team reveal the technology of its first prototype during a live presentation?
A) 2019
B) 2018
C) 2021
D) 2020
  • 63. What is the primary biocompatible material used to make Neuralink's probes?
A) Titanium
B) Silicon
C) Polyimide
D) Platinum
  • 64. What type of thin conductor is used alongside polyimide in the probes?
A) Gold or platinum
B) Copper or silver
C) Aluminum or tungsten
D) Nickel or iron
  • 65. How many wires does each individual probe contain?
A) 128 or 256
B) 512 or 1024
C) 48 or 96
D) 12 or 24
  • 66. How many independent electrodes does each wire contain?
A) 16
B) 64
C) 128
D) 32
  • 67. What material is the insertion head needle made of?
A) Tungsten-rhenium
B) Titanium alloy
C) Stainless steel
D) Pure platinum
  • 68. What powers the needle of the surgical robot?
A) A stepper gear mechanism
B) A linear motor
C) A piezoelectric actuator
D) A hydraulic pump
  • 69. How is the tungsten wire in the pincher configured at the tip?
A) Flattened into a paddle shape
B) Sharpened to a microscopic point
C) Bent at the tip
D) Coated in gold plating
  • 70. How many amplifiers that can be individually programmed are included in Neuralink's recording system?
A) 512
B) 256
C) 1,536
D) 64
  • 71. What compression ratio was stated as necessary to transmit Neuralink's implant data wirelessly?
A) At least 1,000x
B) Up to 50x
C) More than 200x
D) Exactly 10x
  • 72. What specific type of compression was required for Neuralink's public challenge?
A) Lossless
B) Lossy
C) Thermal
D) Acoustic
  • 73. How did software consultant Roy van Rijn describe the prospect of 200x lossless compression?
A) Just outlandish
B) Outdated technology
C) Easily achievable
D) Boringly simple
  • 74. Which of the following animals has Neuralink NOT used for surgical device implantation tests according to the text?
A) Sheep
B) Rabbits
C) Monkeys
D) Pigs
  • 75. Which advocacy group has criticized Neuralink for its animal testing?
A) WHO
B) PETA
C) NASA
D) FIFA
  • 76. What was the name of the pig featured in Neuralink's August 2020 live demo whose brain activity was displayed?
A) Gertrude
B) Dorothy
C) Joyce
D) Peppa
  • 77. Approximately what diameter is the coin-sized Neuralink device implanted in Gertrude?
A) 50 millimeters
B) 5 millimeters
C) 23 millimeters
D) 100 millimeters
  • 78. What was the name of the pig in the 2020 demo that had no implant?
A) Gertrude
B) Joyce
C) Babe
D) Dorothy
  • 79. What was the name of the pig in the 2020 demo that had a chip implanted and then removed?
A) Gertrude
B) Dorothy
C) Joyce
D) Wilbur
  • 80. How many monkeys did the PCRM believe died or were euthanized as a result of experiments involving at least 23 total monkeys?
A) 50
B) 15
C) 100
D) 2
  • 81. Which news organization cited employee claims that testing was rushed due to Elon Musk's demands for fast results?
A) The Onion
B) Reuters
C) BBC
D) Fox News
  • 82. What media outlet published a September 2023 exposé detailing primate deaths based on public records and confidential interviews?
A) Sports Illustrated
B) Wired
C) Cosmopolitan
D) Vogue
  • 83. What complication was NOT among those recorded with the installation of electrodes in primate records?
A) Partial paralysis
B) Brain swelling
C) Bloody diarrhea
D) Spontaneous combustion
  • 84. In what year did the FDA initially reject Neuralink's application to begin human trials?
A) 2020
B) 2017
C) 2024
D) 2022
  • 85. What inflammatory tissue response did a subset of pigs implanted with the device develop in their brains?
A) Cataracts
B) Tumors
C) Fractures
D) Granulomas
  • 86. What did Musk claim about Blindsight during his March 2024 announcement on X?
A) It required no hardware components
B) It was being manufactured underwater
C) It had already been approved for human commercial use
D) It was already working in monkeys
  • 87. Which newspaper reported in February 2025 that the Department of Agriculture's inspector general had been investigating Neuralink since 2022?
A) The Washington Post
B) The New York Times
C) The Wall Street Journal
D) USA Today
  • 88. Who is the chairman of the SEC mentioned in the letter posted by Musk in December 2024?
A) Gary Gensler
B) Antony Blinken
C) Jerome Powell
D) Janet Yellen
  • 89. Who fired at least 17 inspectors general during the first week of his second term in January 2025?
A) Elon Musk
B) Phyllis Fong
C) President Donald Trump
D) Gary Gensler
  • 90. What is the name of the USDA inspector general whose office had opened the Neuralink investigation and was fired in January 2025?
A) Ryan Merkley
B) Phyllis Fong
C) Roy van Rijn
D) Gertrude Pig
  • 91. What did Musk say the coin-sized device could eventually help treat?
A) Common colds
B) Digestive disorders
C) Neurological conditions
D) Broken bones
  • 92. What major safety concern was cited by the FDA regarding Neuralink's 2022 application?
A) Bluetooth interference
B) Overheating processor
C) Lithium battery
D) Magnetic resonance failure
  • 93. In which city is the Barrow Neurological Institute located?
A) Seattle, Washington
B) Phoenix, Arizona
C) Los Angeles, California
D) Houston, Texas
  • 94. What is the name of Neuralink's brain–computer interface device implanted in a human on January 28, 2024?
A) Synapse
B) NeuronX
C) Telepathy
D) MindLink
  • 95. What percentage of the device's implant threads did Noland Arbaugh say had completely detached?
A) 50%
B) 25%
C) 85%
D) 10%
  • 96. What was the pseudonym of Neuralink's second trial participant?
A) Bob
B) Alex
C) Paul
D) John
  • 97. Which software did the second trial participant use to create 3D designs?
A) Blender
B) SolidWorks
C) Autodesk Fusion
D) AutoCAD
  • 98. Who was the first UK patient to have a Neuralink implant inserted?
A) Noland
B) Paul
C) Alex
D) Andres
  • 99. How many participants were enrolled in Neuralink trials worldwide as of January 2026?
A) 12
B) 21
C) 50
D) 7
  • 100. How many threads are used in Neuralink's current implant?
A) 64
B) 16
C) 128
D) 32
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