China NEO brain chip 2026 made history in March when China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved NEO, a coin-sized brain-computer interface developed by Neuracle Technology and Tsinghua University, for commercial sale. It is the first invasive BCI cleared by any national
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Qualcomm Technologies has officially launched the Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators (QAIPI) 2026 — APAC, an edge AI startup incubation programme supporting founders in Japan, Singapore, and South Korea with up to $15,000 in grants.
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