InteraXon was founded by Ariel Garten who has a background in fashion design, neuroscience and psychotherapy. She is the Chief Evangelist Officer and the main face of Muse. A North American executive education program, EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program named Garten to the class of 2015.
Founded in 2007, InteraXon received startup money from Indiegogo crowdfunding and seed money from FF Venture Capital. Muse came on the market in 2014. Muse has investments from actor Ashton Kutcher, Indigo CEO Heather Reisman and Chade-Meng Tan, formerly of Google. Muse has been used in academic research in neuroscience.
The wearable EEG device, Muse connects to a mobile device via Bluetooth and the Muse Meditation app used audio to guide meditation and allows you to review and track progress in meditation. When Muse senses calm brain activity, peaceful sounds are played, and stormy weather sounds increase if the mind wanders.
InteraXon has demonstated their mind-controlled computing technology in public displays such as levitating a chair, a brain powered beer tap and during the 2010 Olympics it enabled visitors to control the Niagara Falls, CN Tower and Canadian Parliament buildings with mind power.
Timeline
Funding rounds
Products
People
Alex Katz
Investor
Anastasia Fox
Employee
Anthony De Fazekas
Attorney
Ariel Garten
Founder, Chief Evangelist Officer
Charlie Hartwell
Investor
Chris Aimone
Founder
Chris Billard
Employee
Connor Dickie
Employee
Daniel Kraft
Advisor
Daniel Sadavoy
Employee
David Teten
Investor
Derek Luke
CEO
Gena Meldazy
Employee
Jason Meyer
Employee
Jeffrey Walker
Investor
Jie Lin
Employee
John Cammack
Investor
John Frankel
Board member
Joi Ito
Investor
Kim Yee
Employee
Mark Cidade
Employee
Matthew Chan
Employee
Michael Apollo
Employee
Moyan Mei
Employee
Munjal Shah
Advisor
Further reading
Mind-controlled computing: Look, Ma, no hands
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