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Exclusive: OpenAI and Sam Altman Back A Bold New Take On Fusing Humans And Machines

Merge Labs is here with $252 million, an all-star crew and superpowers on the mind

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Ashlee Vance
Jan 15, 2026
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One of many things Silicon Valley talks about more than anywhere else is The Merge. This is the notion that humans and machines will one day fuse as computers and their artificial intelligence interl…

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