Max Hodak is a biomedical engineer and entrepreneur deeply involved in advancing neurotechnology and exploring the nature of consciousness. He co-founded Neuralink in 2016, serving as its president until 2021, and is currently the CEO of Science, a company focused on biology-driven brain technologies. Hodak's philosophical perspective centers on understanding consciousness as a fundamental aspect of reality, advocating for its exploration through physics and engineering to directly manipulate human experience. He also envisions synthetic intelligences as conscious entities, emphasizing their emergence from the inherent consciousness of the universe.