Startups

Conduit

San Francisco, California

Conduit is developing a non-invasive brain-computer interface that uses a headset and AI to complete typed sentences from a user's thoughts. The company conducts paid, in-person data collection and testing sessions at its San Francisco office.

Founded 2024

Team

Clem von StengelCo-Founder and CEO

Naomi BashkanskyFounding Researcher

Nick AldrichFounding Head of Operations and Data

Rio PopperCo-Founder and CTO

Investments

$1M2025-05-14	HF0
$—2025-05-02	Transpose Platform
$—Unknown date	Vinod Khosla

team@apexlogos.ai14 days ago
HN Q&A with some details about their methodology and data gathering process https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195109
team@apexlogos.ai22 days ago
Transpose Platform includes them in their portfolio https://www.transposeplatform.vc/portfolio
team@apexlogos.ai22 days ago
"We are a software company. Our model works with all of the hardware. We are not tied to the slow feedback loop that is related to hardware, and we are not tied to any hardware provider. Our models are very general." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ubmlYZqSsA&t=258s
team@apexlogos.ai22 days ago
Vinod Khosla most probably invested as an angel rather than institutionally
team@apexlogos.ai22 days ago
“We raised from some of the best investors like Vinod Khosla, HF0, and more.” 4:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ubmlYZqSsA
team@apexlogos.ai22 days ago
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davefont_introducing-conduit-01-put-it-on-and-it-activity-7328444580457082880-CWlU
team@apexlogos.ai22 days ago
they most probably got uncapped $1M from HF0 after they graduated from the accelerator in 2025
team@apexlogos.ai27 days ago
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