This Silicon Valley Billionaire Is Splashing Serious Cash To Embalm His Brain And Upload His Consciousness To The Cloud

The home of tech juggernauts like Facebook and Apple, Silicon Valley is often revered as the mecca of innovation and forward-thinking technologies created to both simplify and enhance day-to-day life.

While new gadgets and software work harmoniously to better connect individuals to the fast pace of modern life, the work of the Bay Area-based startup Nectome is elevating tech evolution to an unbelievable level.In a move that could be lifted from the script of the techno-paranoia series “Black Mirror,” billionaire entrepreneur Sam Altman hopes to one day immortalize his consciousness by “archiving his mind” with the help of the groundbreaking new company.

With immortality now in reach, Altman paid thousands of dollars to secure his spot as a future upload to the digital cloud–but there’s a catch. In order to digitize his mind, he has to DIE first.

Meet Sam Altman

At just 32 years old, tech entrepreneur Sam Altman already boasts an incredibly impressive resume. As the president of seed accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator, Altman has a direct impact on nurturing the most promising top tech startups that the Bay Area has to offer.

Nectome, one of Y Combinator’s latest ventures promises to preserve the preserve the human brain indefinitely until it can be digitized and archived.

Nectome’s Promise

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Aiming to create a digital duplicate of the human mind, Nectome promises its prospective users that after upload, an individual’s consciousness (including memories) can “live on” indefinitely.

As plainly stated on the company’s mission statement, Nectome is “committed to the goal of archiving your mind. We’re building the next generation of tools to preserve the connectome.

Our ultimate ambition is to keep your memories intact for the future.”

The Catch

If Nectome’s promise of immortality seems to good to be true, that’s because…it is. Unfortunately, an individual’s consciousness cannot be uploaded after they die of natural causes–Nectome’s unique blend of embalming chemicals must be pumped into the large carotid arteries located in the neck while the patient is still alive. In order to sieze the brain while it is still extremely fresh, cofounder Robert McIntyre promises that the procedure is “100 percent fatal.”

Waiting List

Taking a page out of Tesla’s business plan, Nectome is raising capital by enticing wealthy investors with the promise of a slot on the procedure’s waiting list.

For just $10,000, Altman and 24 other entrepreneurs have secured their own digital immortality. Thankfully, the deposit is completely refundable should any investor get cold feet about this high-tech take on physician-assisted suicide.