Neural Galaxy (also operating as Galaxy Brain Scientific) is a Beijing-based brain science company building a precision, non-invasive neuromodulation platform. Its proprietary personalized Brain Functional Sectors (pBFS) technology maps over 200 functional regions of an individual brain, then guides targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation with millimeter accuracy. Founded in 2019 by Harvard and MIT neuroscientists with serial entrepreneur Coach Wei, the company is running clinical and registration trials across depression, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, autism and aphasia, and has raised roughly $93M to date.
Pete Pallarés is the Barcelona-born founder and CEO of Center for Social Dynamics (CSD), an Alameda-based provider of in-home and center-based ABA autism services that has scaled across six western states since 2012. A former college basketball player at the University of Hawaii, he turned a personal experience with dyslexia and ADHD into a multidisciplinary, multilingual treatment company and a foundation that funds students entering the autism field.
Forta is a San Francisco-based virtual ABA therapy company that pairs board-certified behavior analysts with families across 47 states, using AI-assisted clinical algorithms to deliver autism care without the years-long waitlists that define the industry.
Opya is a California-based early intervention therapy provider specializing in comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for children aged 18 months to 6 years diagnosed with autism. The company delivers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), speech therapy, occupational therapy, and feeding therapy through in-home, clinic-based, and telehealth models across Northern and Southern California. Backed by $34.7M in total funding including a $15.4M Series A in 2021 from investors including SoftBank's SB Opportunity Fund, Opya is one of only eight ABA providers in California to hold BHCOE (Behavioral Health Center of Excellence) accreditation. In 2024, the company expanded into center-based care through the acquisition of Center for Autism Spectrum Therapy (CAST) and began operating under the Spectrum Pride brand.
Christina Sanders, M.A., BCBA is the Chief Executive Officer of Opya (rebranded as Spectrum Pride), a California-based autism early intervention therapy provider delivering ABA, speech, occupational, and feeding therapy to young children. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst with a Master's from Ball State University, she rose from VP of ABA Clinical Operations to CEO, overseeing a company that has raised $34.7M in venture funding, earned BHCOE 3-year accreditation, and expanded across Northern and Southern California to serve over 110 employees and thousands of families.
Malekeh Amini is the Founder and CEO of Trayt Health, a patient-centric behavioral health platform powering 25 statewide mental health programs and covering 10 million+ lives across the US. A Harvard MBA and USC-trained engineer with 25+ years in digital health, she built Trayt after personally navigating the fractured US mental health system with her son. The company raised $7.17M in April 2026 and was selected by Kentucky's KyCOMPASS program to power maternal mental health access statewide.
Dylan Matthews is a policy journalist, effective altruism advocate, and former senior correspondent at Vox, where he founded and led the Future Perfect newsletter and section for seven years. Known for his deep-dive reporting on global health, animal welfare, and evidence-based philanthropy, Matthews embodies his own editorial philosophy: he donated a kidney to a stranger in 2016, initiating a chain that helped four people. As of December 2025, he joined Coefficient Giving (backed by Open Philanthropy) to manage the $120M+ Abundance and Growth Fund, moving from writing about doing good to actually doing it.