Updates
News from Still Ask, and the work in the field that we’re building on.
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We’ve taken the Pledge 1%
Benaiah AI Ltd, the company behind Still Ask, has pledged 1% of its time to causes including care leavers, communication access and armed forces veterans.
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We’re accredited as Communication Accessible
Communication Access UK has accredited Benaiah AI Ltd, the company behind Still Ask, as Communication Accessible. Our founder has completed its training in supporting people with communication difficulties.
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We’re a TISCreport Transparency Pioneer
Benaiah AI Ltd, the company behind Still Ask, has pledged to champion transparency and is certified as a Transparency Pioneer by TISCreport, the register for transparency in supply chains.
We’ve also signed up to the Welsh Government’s Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains, which commits us to tackling modern slavery and unfair employment in our own work and in the companies we buy from.
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Still Ask now builds brain–computer interfaces
Still Ask began as an idea about preserving people’s stories. We’ve set that aside to work on one thing: open-source brain interfaces that give people back control and a way to communicate.
Our patient registry opens today, so the people we’re building for can shape the work from the start.
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We’ve signed the Armed Forces Covenant
Benaiah AI Ltd, the company behind Still Ask, has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, a promise from the nation to those who serve. Neil Jackson, Director of Defence Relationship Management, countersigned our pledge on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
We’ve pledged guaranteed interviews and work placements for veterans, support for Reservists in our team, short-notice leave for Service spouses and partners, and that nobody is disadvantaged as one of our customers because they’re deployed or move with the Services.
Injured veterans are among the people we’re building for. If you’ve served and live with paralysis, a spinal cord injury or sight loss, our patient registry is open to you.
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We’re a Disability Confident Committed employer
The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed Benaiah AI Ltd, the company behind Still Ask, as a Disability Confident Committed employer. Our membership number is DCS051034, and it runs until 19 October 2029.
We’ll recruit inclusively, offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role, and make the adjustments you need at any stage. We also offer work experience and job shadowing. Many of the people we’re building for are disabled, and we want them in the team that builds it.
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We’ve joined Claude Startups
Anthropic has welcomed Benaiah AI Ltd, the company behind Still Ask, into Claude Startups, its programme for early-stage founders building on Claude.
We build and check this website with Claude Code, Anthropic’s coding agent. Claude Startups is a programme for founders; it isn’t an endorsement of Still Ask by Anthropic.
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In the field
A man with ALS is helping train a brain-to-voice interface in Neuralink’s VOICE trial
In Neuralink’s film Speaking With The Mind, Terry, who was diagnosed with bulbar-onset ALS in 2024, uses his implant to fine-tune a brain-to-voice interface. He trained it first by miming speech, then by thinking the words and hearing them in his own natural voice.
Neuralink’s devices are investigational. Still Ask isn’t involved in this trial.
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In the field
A man living with ALS has used a speech implant at home for nearly two years
UC Davis Health reports more than 3,800 hours of independent use, at an average of 56 words a minute. It shows how far implanted speech interfaces have come, and the bar non-invasive ones have to reach.
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In the field
All seven people in the UK’s first implanted brain–computer interface study now have their implants
University College London Hospitals reports that all seven participants in GB-PRIME, Neuralink’s UK feasibility study, had their implants between October and December 2025. The first, who lives with MND, moved a computer cursor the day after surgery.
Still Ask isn’t involved in this study. To register interest in Neuralink’s studies, use neuralink.com/trials.