Hear why Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak says the screen era is ending at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
- ID
- 25122
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
- Fetched
- 17 Sep 2026, 12:43 AM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/hear-why-neuralink-co-founder-max-hodak-says-the-screen-era-is-ending-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
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- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 17 Sep 2026, 12:45 AM
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- Audience
- ai_ml_learnerssaas_startup_founders
What happened
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (Oct 13-15, Moscone West SF) announced that Max Hodak — Neuralink co-founder and current CEO of Science Corporation — will speak on a 'Beyond Screens' session about brain-computer interfaces. Science Corporation has reportedly enlisted a neurobiologist to lead its first U.S. human trials for a biohybrid BCI, though no trial results or technical details are shared in this announcement.
Why it matters
This is primarily event promotion with no actionable technical or business detail. Builders should not change anything based on this; the only concrete signal is that human trials for a biohybrid BCI are beginning in the U.S., which is worth noting as a long-horizon interface trend but has no near-term impact on shipping software.
Discussion angle
Whether brain-computer interfaces are a credible near-term shift for human-computer interaction or still speculative — and what 'post-screen' would even mean for how we design software today.