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Conduit pays $50–$55 for two-hour sessions wearing a 4‑lb electrode helmet to collect brain‑data for AI
San Francisco startup Conduit is paying $50–$55 for two-hour sessions where participants wear a four-pound electrode-studded helmet and talk or type freely while the company collects brain-data paired with speech/text for AI research. Sessions aim to maximize verbal/text output, require touch-typing, limit participants to 32 sessions, and are part of Conduit’s 2024 data-collection effort.
Conduit, a 2024 San Francisco startup, offers $50 for two-hour sessions to train noninvasive AI that reads thoughts for a wearable telepathy device
Conduit, a San Francisco startup founded in 2024, is developing a noninvasive AI system to translate brain activity into text and aims to sell a wearable that lets users command assistants via thought; it is recruiting participants and offering $50 for two-hour recording sessions to collect training data. The effort sits alongside other efforts such as Meta’s Brain2Qwerty and contrasts with invasive approaches like Neuralink, raising questions about feasibility and ethics.
Naomi Bashkansky, 23, Leaves OpenAI to Join Conduit as Founding Researcher to Build Non‑Invasive Thought‑Decoding BCI
Naomi Bashkansky, a 23-year-old former OpenAI alignment researcher, resigned and joined startup Conduit as a founding researcher to develop non‑invasive brain‑reading technology that decodes thoughts using a head‑mounted device and large models.
Seattle Startup Conduit Venture Labs Launches Sniff App Connecting Neighbors via Their Dogs to Combat Social Isolation
Seattle startup Conduit Venture Labs, founded by Amish Patel, launched Sniff, an iOS app that connects neighbors through their dogs by turning dog encounters into social connections, aiming to combat loneliness and isolation. The app verifies users' identities and neighborhoods using AI for safety, focusing on dog profiles to initiate neighborly interactions.
Report: "Cascadian Dynamism"—Pacific Northwest startups marry AI and physical systems across fusion, satellites, robotics and energy
The Pacific Northwest is spawning a cluster of engineering-heavy startups—what the author calls "Cascadian Dynamism"—that combine AI with physical systems (autonomy, fusion, satellites, robotics, energy) driven by regional talent, infrastructure, and nearby enterprise and federal customers.
VCs Urge Startups to Focus Long-Term Despite $3 Trillion Market Loss from Trump’s Tariff Announcement
Venture capitalists advise startups to maintain a long-term focus despite uncertainty caused by President Trump’s new tariffs, which triggered a $3 trillion market value loss. While tariffs pose short-term challenges for hardware and manufacturing startups, many emphasize resilience and product-centric growth strategies.
Conduit Venture Labs Expands with Conduit Beacon to Support External Hard-Tech Startups
Conduit Venture Labs, a Seattle-based startup studio founded in 2022 by Amish Patel and Susan Paley to launch hardware-focused companies, has expanded its services with Conduit Beacon to support external founders, companies, VCs, and research entities in scaling and de-risking hard-tech ventures.
Google Veteran Stephen Konig Leads Seattle-Based Mudita Studios Spinning Out B2B Software Startups
Stephen Konig, a former Google product leader, runs Mudita Studios in Seattle, a startup studio spun out from Detroit-based Mudita Venture Partners focusing on early-stage B2B software startups. The studio has launched four startups, including Official AI, Stellis AI, and Predict.law, and aims to reduce risk for entrepreneurs by testing and funding ideas, with a 95% idea rejection rate.
Yifan Zhang Joins AI2 Incubator as Managing Director; Dropbox, Marchex, and Seattle Startups Appoint New Tech Leaders
Yifan Zhang, former Loftium co-founder, is joining the AI2 Incubator as managing director starting February 2024, while several Seattle tech companies made key executive hires including Dropbox, Marchex, Simply Augmented, and Chainguard.
Madrona Venture Labs Raises $11M for Fifth Fund to Accelerate AI Startups, Including Generative AI
Madrona Venture Labs raised $11 million for its fifth fund to support AI startups, planning to back 12 new companies with a focus on intelligent applications and generative AI. Since its 2014 founding, the Seattle-based studio has raised $40 million, backed 32 companies, and offers funding and advisory services to early-stage startups.
Seattle’s Pioneer Square Labs Raises $20M Third Fund to Accelerate Generative AI Startup Studio
Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs raised $20 million for its third fund to invest in generative AI, building multiple AI-driven apps in finance and healthcare. Founded in 2015, PSL has 33 startups with most securing follow-on investments but no unicorn exits yet.
Microsoft Vet Amish Patel and Ex-Beats CEO Susan Paley Launch Seattle Hardware-Focused Startup Studio Conduit Venture Labs
Conduit Venture Labs, founded by Amish Patel and Susan Paley in Seattle, is a new startup studio focused on hardware companies, aiming to overcome traditional barriers by providing engineering, design, and mentorship resources. The studio targets sectors including IoT devices, ag-tech, and health technologies, leveraging a network of over 100 hardware professionals to support physical-tech business creation.
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