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Max Hodak
Max Hodak appears in 2 indexed conversations across Moonshots, No Priors. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
From Restoring Sight to Reimagining the Brain, with Max Hodak
Prima won CE marketing approval in Europe in July, with commercial sales expected in coming weeks after trials let patients with macular degeneration complete Sudoku, crosswords, and read books.Science acquired Pixium’s Stanford-originated implant after about two years, calling it “by far the state-of-the-art”; pricing is unset, while future versions could improve color and expand the population from hundreds of thousands to millions.
Ex-Neuralink Founder: AI Enhanced Bodies Are Nearly Here w/ Max Hodak | EP #171
Science’s PRIMA retinal implant could become a revenue engine for its speculative brain-interface program, after a 38-person European trial enabled previously blind patients to read again.Reimbursement near $200,000 per U.S. patient and $150,000 in Europe could support a roughly $500 million business at 2,000–3,000 annual patients, reducing dependence on venture funding.The larger catalyst is a biohybrid “13th cranial nerve” targeting 100,000 electrodes, 1 million graft neurons, and 1 billion synapses, with primate testing expected within months but human timing still uncertain.