Merge Labs just pulled in a massive $252 million funding round. What's the big deal? Sam Altman's backing this neurotechnology startup that's pushing hard on brain-computer interfaces. Their play is connecting human brains directly to computers—pretty ambitious stuff. The capital injection signals serious investor confidence in the BCI space, which has been getting more attention as both a tech frontier and a potential game-changer for how we interact with digital systems down the road.