Arctop Los Angeles, California
Arctop builds hardware-agnostic brain-computer interface software that decodes consumer EEG from headphones, earbuds, and glasses into real-time metrics such as attention, cognitive load, and enjoyment. The company licenses an SDK and API layer to developers rather than selling proprietary sensors or reconstructing thoughts.
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Research note — Arctop (consumer EEG software / BCI intelligence layer). Researched 2026-09-09.
LISTINGS
- Official: https://arctop.com/ (WebGL film; little crawlable text). Use https://arctop.com/llms.txt , https://arctop.com/deep-dives , https://docs.arctop.com , https://github.com/arctop , https://www.linkedin.com/company/arctop , https://x.com/ArctopTech .
- Team: https://arctop.com/who-we-are (Dan Furman Co-founder & CEO; Eitan Kay Co-founder & CTO; Ben Kogan Chief of Staff; Kuan-Jung Chiang Senior Algorithm Engineer; advisors Inon Beracha, Hillel Pratt).
- Neurofounders startup: https://www.neurofounders.co/startups/arctop (USA, 2016, Tools and Infrastructure, hardware-agnostic SDK, Series A).
- Assigned article: https://www.neurofounders.co/articles/inside-the-frontier-of-brain-foundation-models (7 Sep 2026) — Dan Furman on consumer EEG models vs Piramidal clinical EEG foundation models.
- Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/arctop
- PitchBook: https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/231323-23
- CB Insights: https://www.cbinsights.com/company/arctop and /financials
- Series A PR: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/arctop-a-cognition-company-building-software-that-decodes-the-human-brain-announces-10m-series-a-funding-co-led-by-fifth-growth-fund-and-supermoon-capital-301951662.html (10 Oct 2023)
- AFWERX PR: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/arctop-secures-1-25m-afwerx-contract-to-enhance-air-force-training-through-cognition-adaptive-simulations-302256313.html (24 Sep 2024)
- Newsroom: https://arctop.com/news claims “10M+ Series A Funding” and “2M+ Gov Contracts”.
- CA entity: Arctop, Inc., Delaware corp, CA file 3922289, filed 2016-06-28; current address 215 Culver Blvd #5010, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 (PitchBook 90296). Agent/CEO Dan Furman, 8125 Colegio Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
PRODUCT
Software layer, not thought reconstruction and not proprietary sensors. Hardware-agnostic SDK/API (iOS, Android, Unity) that turns non-invasive EEG from everyday wearables into structured cognitive metrics.
Form factors (official technology/product pages and Neurofounders): headphones, earbuds, glasses/AR-VR headsets, headbands, helmets. Current production example: Neurable/Master & Dynamic MW75 Neuro EEG headphones (Neurofounders article; Arctop CTO deep dive https://arctop.com/deep-dives/consumer-eeg-hardware ). Earlier research used Muse 2/S headbands. Apps on iOS/Android; companion “Arctop Info” on Google Play.
Decoded states: attention/focus, cognitive load/workload, enjoyment; also brain-based identity (Brain ID), memory, visual/auditory attention. Explicitly not raw thought/speech reconstruction. Personalized per-user models plus a more general EEG model that still calibrates (Furman on Neurofounders webinar). Privacy: company says it does not share raw brain data; user dashboard for permissions/deletion.
Applications: developer APIs; Isaac (RLbF) assistant in the Arctop app; surgical training (Stanford Medicine / Wellcome Leap SAVE); AFWERX cognition-adaptive Air Force simulations with MetaTeq and BigBear.ai; entertainment/analytics (Neuos Eureka, Endel).
MATERIALS
- https://arctop.com/llms.txt and https://arctop.com/llms-full.txt
- https://arctop.com/deep-dives/consumer-eeg-hardware (28 Mar 2025, Eitan Kay) — consumer EEG in headphones/earbuds/glasses; SDK metrics “focus level” / “enjoyment level”.
- https://arctop.com/deep-dives/rlbf-reinforcement-learning-from-brain-feedback (23 Aug 2026) — five scores/sec from encrypted on-device EEG; Isaac ships in Android/iOS apps.
- https://arctop.com/deep-dives/memory-decoding-from-eeg-at-home (15 Jul 2024)
- Patents under Dan Furman and Eitan Kwalwasser (Kay’s legal name on USPTO): BCI methods, empathic computing, interactive content delivery (US/EU/Japan). Newsroom claims 15+ granted patents.
- FGF portfolio writeup: https://fgf.co/ (Arctop listed; firm also posted the AFWERX award).
- Supermoon: https://supermooncapital.com/network lists Mike Masterson as Arctop director.
FUNDING (verified vs aggregator)
Verified and entered: Series A, 2023-10-10, USD 10,000,000, co-led by Fifth Growth Fund (Royce Wilson) and Supermoon Capital (Mike Masterson). Primary: company PR Newswire. FinSMEs, FGF, Supermoon portfolio pages consistent. PitchBook lists this deal as $9.8M (likely Form D sold amount vs announced $10M); used the company announcement.
Not entered — earlier equity: PitchBook shows Early Stage VC 23 Jun 2017 $1.5M and another 1 Nov 2018 (amounts hidden); CB Insights shows Seed 15 Jun 2017 and Seed VC-II 14 Jul 2020 (amounts hidden). Dates conflict. PitchBook total raised $16.3M vs CB Insights/VCBacked $10M (they appear to count only the announced Series A). No Form D or company press found for seed amounts.
Not entered — aggregator investors without a primary round attribution: Script Capital (IVC lists seed ~2017 and Series A 10 Oct 2023; not on script.capital public portfolio), The MBA Fund, Metropolis VC / Metropolis Ventures, 15Angels III (PitchBook; 2 of 7 investors paywalled). Rule: do not add unconfirmed syndicate members.
Not an equity round: AFWERX Direct-to-Phase II SBIR $1.25M (24 Sep 2024). Newsroom “2M+ Gov Contracts” implies additional government awards not itemized. Wellcome Leap SAVE is a Stanford-led collaboration, not Arctop fundraising. Israel Brain Technologies / Google Tel Aviv accelerator (2016) was non-equity.
TEAM (entered vs not)
Entered founders: Dan Furman, Co-Founder & CEO (LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljfurman , X https://x.com/DanFurmankind ); Eitan Kay, Co-Founder & CTO (LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/eitankay ). Met at IBT accelerator, Google Tel Aviv, 2016; CA corp filed 28 Jun 2016. Furman: Harvard neurobiology, Technion Ph.D., prior Hawking BCI work. Kay: self-taught engineer/cybersecurity (patents as Eitan Kwalwasser).
Entered investor-side: Fifth Growth Fund (new), Royce Wilson Partner; reused Supermoon Capital; added Mike Masterson (Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Supermoon; Director at Arctop per supermooncapital.com/network).
Not entered (employees/advisors, not founders or verified investors): Ben Kogan (Chief of Staff), Kuan-Jung Chiang (Senior Algorithm Engineer), Inon Beracha and Hillel Pratt (scientific advisors). Former: Itai Preis, Nathan Myers, Sheng-Hsiou Hsu. Contract CFO Donna Trauger appears on sales-intel sites only.
SCHEMA GAPS / UNFIT
- Round type/name (Series A vs seed) is not a first-class field; 2023-10-10 + USD 10M is the identifier.
- Per-investor check sizes for FGF/Supermoon on this deal unknown; participation amounts omitted.
- PitchBook $9.8M vs announced $10M; stored announced $10M.
- Seed/2017–2020 rounds: conflicting dates and missing primary sources — not created.
- Government SBIR/contracts and grants are not VC rounds.
- Accelerator (non-equity) not modeled.
- Board vs investor: Masterson’s Arctop Director role stored as employment/affiliation, not a personal investment.
- Founders stored as AddInvestor affiliations with no personal investment (none disclosed).
- Legal name Eitan Kwalwasser vs public Eitan Kay.
- HQ drift: founded San Francisco 2016, Tel Aviv R&D 2017, Tokyo sales 2019, now Playa Del Rey / Los Angeles; stored current Los Angeles.
- Employee count ~15 (PitchBook) / 11–50 (LinkedIn); not a schema field.
- No verified angels with personal checks. 15Angels III is an angel group in PitchBook only.
- Script Capital / MBA Fund / Metropolis / 15Angels III left out of the cap table until a press, Form D, or firm portfolio page names the round. SHOW MORE
Dan FurmanCo-Founder and CEO
Eitan KayCo-Founder and CTO
Mike MastersonDirector