# Throne Science

> Throne Science makes a toilet-mounted sensor and companion app that automatically record stool, hydration and urinary patterns. It sells directly to US consumers for $399 plus a per-person membership, using computer vision and acoustic analysis to build personal histories rather than relying on remembered symptoms. Cancer screening is a longer-term research ambition, not a current product capability.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Scott Hickle (Co-founder and CEO), Timothy Blumberg (Co-founder and CTO), John Capodilupo (Co-founder and Chief Product Officer; joined in 2025)
- **Products:** Throne One, Throne App and Membership, Gut Health Coach
- **Notable:** Consumer launch in March 2026, according to the company’s July funding announcement., Raised a $10 million Series A in July 2026., First academic abstract accepted for presentation, according to the company in July 2026; the reported result concerned stool-form classification, not cancer screening.

## Products & services

- **Throne One** — Clip-on toilet sensor with optical, acoustic, motion and ambient-light sensors. Records bathroom patterns and sends readings to a companion app; consumer launch reported in March 2026. General wellness product.
- **Throne App and Membership** — Personal histories, Journal, gut and hydration trends, urinary-flow estimates and data export. Current monthly membership is $6 per member.
- **Gut Health Coach** — Conversational AI connects journal context with recorded bathroom patterns; beta introduced in July 2026. Associations are clues, not proof of causation.

## Achievements

- Consumer launch in March 2026, according to the company’s July funding announcement.
- Raised a $10 million Series A in July 2026.
- First academic abstract accepted for presentation, according to the company in July 2026; the reported result concerned stool-form classification, not cancer screening.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Announced $10 million Series A and introduced a beta Gut Health AI coach. Crunchbase reported cumulative funding near $18 million, conflicting with databases that sum the two named rounds to $14 million.
- **2026-07** — Announced leadership appointments including Ben Grynol as VP of Growth, David Strasfeld as SVP of R&D and Dr. Karan Rajan as Chief of Science.
- **2026-10** — Current storefront lists $399 hardware, $6 monthly membership per person and three introductory months for the first two members. US availability only.

## Links

- Website: https://thronescience.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thronescience/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ThroneScience
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thronescience/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thronescience/

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