OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface startup, Merge Labs, is being spun out of the Los Angeles–based nonprofit Forest Neurotech, according to a source with direct knowledge of the plans. While some details of Merge have previously been reported, this is the first time the company has been linked to Forest Neurotech. Earlier this year, the Financial Times was the first to report on the existence of Merge Labs and that it was raising money at a valuation of $850 million. The name Merge Labs refers to the Silicon Valley concept of “the merge,” the point when humans meld with machines. Mikhail Shapiro, a Caltech researcher who, The Verge has reported, has been tapped for Merge Labs, is currently an adviser to Forest Neurotech.