said 30 Mar 2025
We're hoping later this year to do our first device implant for a human, enabling someone who is completely blind to see.
Missed promise
Live
Late by
9m 6d
and 15h 46m 54s
— Elon Musk, contemporaneous report
Town hall event in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Blindsight is Neuralink's implant meant to give vision to blind people by stimulating the brain's visual cortex.
What happened: In May 2025 he moved the target to late 2025 or early 2026. As of October 2026, Neuralink has not announced a Blindsight implant in a human.
due 31 Dec 2025
Receipt · archived original Newsweek report of Musk's Green Bay town hall, Mar 30 2025 (opens in a new tab)