China’s brain-computer interface industry is growing fast, and the newest company to emerge from the country is aiming to access the brain without the use of invasive implants. It’s the second company to launch in recent weeks with the aim of tapping into the brain with ultrasound. Earlier this month, OpenAI announced a major investment in brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs, cofounded by its CEO, Sam Altman, along with other tech executives and members of Forest Neurotech, a California-based nonprofit research organization. Initially, Gestala wants to build a device that delivers focused ultrasound to the brain to treat chronic pain. “The electrical brain-computer interface only records from a part of the brain; for instance, the motor cortex,” Peng says.