Cyberkinetics

At a glance

Legal name

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc.verifiedSource

1. Wikipedia — BrainGate (Cyberkinetics history)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrainGate

Updated: 2026-05-04

Aliases

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Type

defunctverifiedSource

1. Wikipedia — BrainGate (Cyberkinetics history)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrainGate

Updated: 2026-05-04

Focus areas

medical-implant, communication-aac, prostheticverifiedSource

1. Hochberg et al., Nature 2006 — first BrainGate paperhttps://doi.org/10.1038/nature049702006-07-13

Updated: 2026-05-04

Founded

—unknownSource

1. v0 said 2001; not in any cited primary source

Updated: 2026-05-04

Defunct

2009verifiedSource

1. Wikipedia — BrainGate (Cyberkinetics history)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrainGate

Updated: 2026-05-04

Spinout of

—unknownSource

1. widely associated with Brown University but not a confirmed formal spinout per a primary source

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ city

—unknownSource

1. v0 said Foxborough, MA; not in any primary source I have

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ country

USverifiedSource

1. Hochberg et al., Nature 2006 — first BrainGate paperhttps://doi.org/10.1038/nature049702006-07-13

Updated: 2026-05-04

Employees

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Flagship device

cyberkinetics-braingateverifiedSource

1. Wikipedia — BrainGate (Cyberkinetics history)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrainGate

Updated: 2026-05-04

Product lines

1verifiedSource

1. Wikipedia — BrainGate (Cyberkinetics history)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrainGate

Updated: 2026-05-04

In-house manufacturing

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Open source

NoverifiedSource

1. Hochberg et al., Nature 2006 — first BrainGate paperhttps://doi.org/10.1038/nature049702006-07-13

Updated: 2026-05-04

GitHub org

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Website

—unknownSource

1. Cyberkinetics is defunct; corporate site no longer resolves

Updated: 2026-05-04

Blog

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Support

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Devices

• invasivesingle-unit

  BrainGate Neural Interface System

  cyberkinetics

  96 channels—

MilestonesverifiedSources (2)

1. Hochberg et al., Nature 2006 — first BrainGate paperhttps://doi.org/10.1038/nature049702006-07-13
2. Wikipedia — BrainGate (Cyberkinetics history)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrainGate

Updated: 2026-05-04

1. 2004

   First BrainGate human implant — Matthew Nagle

   First chronic intracortical BCI implant in a human.

2. 2009

   Cyberkinetics shuts down; assets to Blackrock Microsystems

Reputation

Defunct (2009) Brown-affiliated company that ran the original BrainGate pilot study — first chronic intracortical BCI implant in a human. Technology assets passed to Blackrock Microsystems and the academic BrainGate2 consortium.