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Since his years as a Caltech graduate student, Ralph Adolphs (PhD ’93) has wanted to learn how the biological brain produces the intangible mind, what the mind’s basic elements are, and how the two influence each other. Robots could someday be fully autonomous in operating rooms. Their biggest challenge might have nothing to do with the technology. Companies qualify for unicorn status with valuations in excess of $1 billion. This list of startups headquartered in Massachusetts tracks companies valued at $500 million and up and provides data on their funding history and latest valuation. In the past five years alone, …