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Neurable
Neurable is a Boston-based neurotechnology company building non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that fit inside everyday consumer hardware. Its AI cleans and interprets EEG brain signals captured by soft sensors embedded in products like the MW75 Neuro headphones, translating brain activity into real-time measures of focus, mental fatigue and cognitive recovery. Spun out of University of Michigan research, Neurable aims to make understanding your own brain as natural as checking your step count - starting with headphones and expanding into gaming and enterprise wearables.
EMAD MOSTAQUE: AI Will RUN Our Countries Soon! We Aren't Ready!
In a wide-ranging interview on the Beyond Tomorrow podcast, Stability AI founder Emad Mostaque argues that within 30-40 years every country will be run by AI, that democracy is in its final decade or two, and that most digital jobs will be economically irrelevant within roughly a thousand days. He puts his personal probability of catastrophe (P-doom) at 50%, warns of intelligence being rationed by a duopoly of powerful labs, and lays out a counter-vision: sovereign, collectively owned 'national champion' AI utilities that give every citizen access to intelligence and a share of the robot fleet. Along the way he explores AI personhood, brain-computer interfaces, longevity escape velocity, quantum computing, and whether we should push a button to eliminate all human suffering.
Ramses Alcaide
Dr. Ramses Alcaide is the co-founder and CEO of Neurable, a Boston-based neurotechnology company building brain-computer interfaces disguised as ordinary headphones. A neuroscientist trained at the University of Washington and the University of Michigan, he turned a decade of EEG research into the MW75 Neuro, a Master & Dynamic collaboration that reads brainwaves to help wearers focus. Neurable has raised roughly $49M, closed a Series A in late 2025, and unveiled a HyperX gaming headset at CES 2026.
Arctop
Arctop is a cognition company building software that decodes the human brain. Its AI platform translates electrical brain-activity signals from everyday wearables - headbands, earbuds, and VR/AR headsets - into real-time, actionable insight about focus, emotion, intention, and memory. Founded in 2016 by neuroscientist Dan Furman and engineer Eitan Kay, Arctop licenses its non-invasive brain-decoding software to developers and enterprises across health, entertainment, education, and government, positioning itself as the intelligence layer between brain-sensing hardware and the applications that use it.
Dan Furman
Dan Furman is a neuroscientist and the co-founder and CEO of Arctop, a company building the software intelligence layer that decodes human brain signals in real time from everyday wearables like headbands, earbuds and VR headsets. A Harvard-trained neurobiologist with a Technion PhD, he once helped adapt a sleep-monitoring device into a brain-computer interface for Stephen Hawking, and his doctoral work showed that non-invasive scalp sensors could control individual neuroprosthetic fingers. In 2023 Arctop raised a $10M Series A to apply its 'Brain ID' and real-time cognition technology across medicine, education, cybersecurity and entertainment.
Axoft
Axoft is a Cambridge, Massachusetts neurotechnology company building implantable brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs) out of Fleuron, a proprietary material it claims is up to 10,000x softer than the polyimide used in conventional brain implants. By making electronics roughly as soft as brain tissue, Axoft aims to keep thousands of sensors in stable contact with single neurons for years instead of months - reducing scarring and signal loss - to diagnose and eventually treat disorders of consciousness, paralysis, and other neurological conditions. A Harvard spinout founded in 2021, it raised an oversubscribed $55M Series A in April 2026 and has run first-in-human studies in 11+ patients worldwide.
Elizabeth Lopez
Elizabeth Lopez is the CEO and founder of Brite Cleaning Industries (BCI), a California-based commercial cleaning and facilities management company she built from a single office client in 2005 into an operation serving over 50 million square feet weekly. A women-owned, GBAC-certified enterprise headquartered in Fremont with reach across Northern and Southern California, BCI serves corporate offices, manufacturers, healthcare facilities, aviation, and government organizations. Lopez is known for her community engagement and for maintaining a 90% employee retention rate and 85% customer retention rate in a demanding service industry.
Fred Ehrsam
Fred Ehrsam (Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III) is a serial founder and investor who co-founded Coinbase in 2012 — the crypto exchange that went public on Nasdaq in 2021 — and Paradigm in 2018, the research-driven crypto VC firm that raised a $2.5 billion fund. Now he's chasing his next frontier: Nudge, a non-invasive brain-computer interface startup using focused ultrasound to modulate brain states, which raised $100 million in Series A funding in 2025. A Duke computer science graduate turned Goldman Sachs FX trader, Ehrsam discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and never looked back — quietly becoming one of the most influential architects of the crypto industry while building a reputation as a deep thinker obsessed with pushing the boundaries of human capability.