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From Restoring Sight to Reimagining the Brain, with Max Hodak

With Sarah Guo, Max Hodak · Sunday, August 23, 2026

Max Hodak, co-founder and CEO of Science Corporation, joins Sarah Guo to discuss PRIMA, Science's retinal implant that restores functional form vision to blind patients and recently gained CE mark approval in Europe. Hodak outlines his philosophy of treating the brain as a computational system rather than relying solely on traditional pharmaceutical drug discovery. He also explores the Platonic representation hypothesis in AI, the importance of phenomenal continuity in brain emulation, and Science's long-term vision of substrate independence and reducing biological fragility.