# Lumos Labs (Lumosity)

> Lumos Labs is the San Francisco company behind Lumosity, the brain-training app that turned cognitive exercises into a daily habit for more than 100 million people. Founded in 2005 by Kunal Sarkar, Michael Scanlon, and David Drescher, Lumosity packages neuropsychology-inspired tasks - memory, attention, processing speed, problem solving, flexibility - into short, gamified workouts. Its database of player performance, the Human Cognition Project, has fueled collaborations with researchers at Stanford, Harvard, Cambridge, and beyond.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Kunal Sarkar (Co-founder, former CEO), Michael Scanlon (Co-founder, Chief Scientist), David Drescher (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~66 employees
- **Products:** Lumosity, Lumosity Mind, Figment by Lumosity, Human Cognition Project
- **Notable:** Apple iPhone App of the Year 2013, Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies, 100M+ registered users across web and mobile

## Products & services

- **Lumosity** — The flagship brain-training app with 40+ games targeting memory, attention, speed of processing, problem solving, flexibility, and language. Available on iOS, Android, and web in multiple languages.
- **Lumosity Mind** — A mindfulness and meditation app offering short, guided audio sessions designed by Lumosity's content team.
- **Figment by Lumosity** — A creative-thinking app from Lumos Labs focused on imagination exercises.
- **Human Cognition Project** — A research platform that lets external scientists study anonymized performance data from the Lumosity user base.

## Achievements

- Apple iPhone App of the Year 2013
- Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies
- 100M+ registered users across web and mobile
- One of the largest datasets of human cognitive performance ever assembled

## Latest updates

- **2016-01** — Settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for $2M over deceptive advertising; agreed to back claims with scientific evidence going forward.
- **2023** — Expanded the catalog with new games and refined the personalized daily workout flow.
- **2024** — Continued multilingual rollout and renewed focus on research partnerships through the Human Cognition Project.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lumosity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumos-labs-lumosity-
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lumosity
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lumosity
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lumosity/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Lumosity/

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Last updated: 2026-05-19