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The Doctor Who Sewed Her Way Out of a Sleepless Night
A family doctor could not fall back asleep after 3 a.m. patient calls. Regular headphones hurt, earbuds fell out, so she built a pillow-friendly pair - and turned a kitchen-table fix into a global sleep-tech brand.
The Bose Engineers Who Refused to Let Sleepbuds Die
Bose discontinued its beloved Sleepbuds in 2020. Three of the engineers who built them bought the idea back, raised roughly $28M, and rebuilt it as a sleep-data company hiding inside a pair of earbuds.
The Alarm That Wakes You Without a Sound
PAQ Wear's VibeRise is a soft fabric wristband, built by UC San Diego students, that trades the 6 a.m. blare of a phone alarm for a quiet buzz only you can feel.
The Robot Bassinet That Talked Its Way Into the FDA
A pediatrician wrote the book on calming babies. Then he built the machine - and spent seven years convincing regulators it belonged in the medicine cabinet, not just the nursery.
The Water Bed's Grandnephew Wants to Cool Your Sheets to 55 Degrees
A husband's night sweats, a physicist wife, and a great-uncle who invented the waterbed. Two decades later, Chilipad is still the bed that hot sleepers whisper about - now on its second corporate life.
Fullpower-AI
Fullpower-AI is a Santa Cruz, California science-and-technology company that builds real-time, contactless AI biosensing for sleep, remote patient monitoring, and longevity. Founded in 2005 by camera-phone pioneer Philippe Kahn and Sonia Lee, it operates the Sleeptracker-AI platform and the KOA Large Action Model, powering more than 300,000 Tempur-Pedic smartbeds and over 1.5 million connected devices across 60+ countries, backed by 135+ patents and ISO 27001 certification.
Elemind Technologies
Elemind Technologies is a Cambridge, Massachusetts neurotech company spun out of MIT that makes a wearable EEG headband which reads your brainwaves and plays phase-locked acoustic pulses through bone conduction to help you fall asleep faster - without drugs. Founded by a group of leading neuroscientists and led by CEO Meredith Perry, the company launched its $399 'sleep on demand' headband in 2024 after raising $12 million in seed funding. Its broader ambition is an 'app store for the brain': one wearable running different neuromodulation protocols for sleep, tremor, memory and beyond.