AI illustration: Neuralink implants 10 people by end of 2024
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Neuralink third patient: Elon hoped for 10 by 2024, missed

Elon Musk promised 10 Neuralink patients by the end of 2024 by the end of 2024. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

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“It depends somewhat on the regulatory approval, the rate at which we get regulatory approvals. So, we’re hoping to do 10 by the end of this year, total of 10. So, eight more.”
— Elon Musk · Aug 2, 2024 · Lex Fridman Podcast #438, Aug 2 2024 2:28 ↗
Video: Lex Fridman Podcast #438, Aug 2 2024
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 2:28 — LEX FRIDMAN PODCAST #438, AUG 2 2024
What actually happened

Musk hoped for 10 Neuralink implants by end of 2024. In January 2025 he said Neuralink had implanted three people (Bloomberg, AP), far short of 10. Target missed. Bloomberg Jan 11 2025 — Neuralink implanted third patient ↗

The Progression

Aug 2, 2024
The promise: “It depends somewhat on the regulatory approval, the rate at which we get regulatory approvals. So, we’re hoping to do 10 by the end of this year, total of 10. So, eight more.” · Lex Fridman Podcast #438, Aug 2 2024 2:28 ↗
Dec 31, 2024
Deadline passed. Musk hoped for 10 Neuralink implants by end of 2024. In January 2025 he said Neuralink had implanted three people (Bloomberg, AP), far short of 10. Target missed. Bloomberg Jan 11 2025 — Neuralink implanted third patient ↗
Today · Oct 11, 2026
Status: Missed · 649 days past due. Never happened.

In August 2024 Elon Musk said Neuralink hoped to implant 10 people by the end of that year, eight more than the two it had done. In January 2025 he said Neuralink had three patients.

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33% of resolved claims delivered.
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Deadline passed, still no-show.
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