Foundation models for non-invasive neural decoding. Reconstructs objects/images and early thought-to-text from EEG, with a Human Mind API and headset on a waitlist. Founded 2025 by Priyanka Jain (CEO) and Ingo Marquardt (CTO).
Founded 2025
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Research memo 2026-09-09. Schema-fit records: company Nubrain; $565K pre-seed 2026-03-05 (round 10547) led by Betaworks with True Ventures and RRE Ventures; angels Malte Ubl, Dimitris Tsementzis, Philippe Brule (personal, not Vercel/Goldman/Restack); founders Priyanka Jain (CEO) and Ingo Marquardt (CTO); advisors Mario Archilla, Mario Senden, Abhijit Mishra.
Listings
- Site https://www.nubrain.com/ and https://nubrain.io
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/nubrain-io (founded 2025, 2-10, HQ 415 Mission St, San Francisco)
- X @nubrain_io
- PitchBook 987062-32: $500K Early Stage VC dated 13 Nov 2025; investors Betaworks + True only (incomplete vs company announcement)
- Startup Geek 1 Feb 2026: $565K pre-seed
- startup.network/startups/506172.html (Jul 2025 Germany listing, old pitch)
- No Crunchbase company page found
Materials
- Company announcement 5 Mar 2026: https://x.com/nubrain_io/status/2029580300045418549 and Priyanka Jain LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/priyankaja_nubrain-decoding-thoughts-into-text-images-activity-7434619128520364032-u95x
- Betaworks AI Camp: Interfaces (Aug 18-Nov 14 2025, Demo Day Nov 4). Write-up https://www.betaworks.com/writing/ai-camp-interfaces-meet-the-companies . Camp companies receive up to $500K from Betaworks + syndicate. OB1 described as 20x chance on EEG-to-image.
- TechCrunch 13 Nov 2025 https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/the-10-companies-that-just-launched-from-betaworks-latest-startup-camp/
- YouTube demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n88sEQo-7lI
- EIN 19 May 2026 Human Mind API / headset waitlist https://www.einpresswire.com/article/913059653/nubrain-previews-human-mind-api-to-turn-thoughts-into-action
- Paper: Marquardt, Alchanat, Jain. Decoding silent reading from non-invasive EEG. arXiv:2608.20186 (20 Aug 2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.20186
Funding discrepancies (do not treat as two rounds)
- Company: $565K pre-seed, 5 Mar 2026, lead Betaworks + True + RRE + 3 angels
- PitchBook: $500K, 13 Nov 2025 (Camp date), Betaworks + True only
- Extra ~$65K is consistent with angels filling after Camp. Canonical round is 2026-03-05 / USD 565000.
Not confirmed — do not add
- Slack Fund and Fermont Capital are Camp syndicate partners on the Betaworks camp page. Nubrain did not name them on this deal.
- Individual check sizes and valuation: undisclosed.
Data / product claims vs paper
- Site: 500,000+ EEG recordings; Berlin + New York collection; zero-shot / cross-subject generalization; Human Mind API + headset waitlist.
- Paper: ~240k word presentations, ~49 h dry 19-channel EEG, one densely sampled participant; 1-2 sessions from ~60 others collected but not reported; open-vocab silent-reading proxy (not deployed thought-to-text); log-linear scaling, no saturation.
- Jul 2025 startup.network pitch: mBrainTrain pilot; pricing sketch $19-$99/mo, $500-$5k/yr, enterprise $50k+/yr, OEM $50-$150/device — old fundraising material, not contracts.
People that do not fit cleanly
- Anthilia Alchanat — paper co-author, affiliation nubrain; no public investor/founder page, not added as a record.
- Maastricht University / Oxford / Goldman Sachs — no Organization records created (universities/banks are not Company/InvestorFirm fallbacks).
- Restack was added as a Company only so Philippe Brule's CTO role can attach. Restack did not invest.
Do not confuse with INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, NUBRAIN ANALYTICS PRIVATE LIMITED (India), or the piracetam brand Nubrain. SHOW MORE
Abhijit MishraAdvisor
Ingo MarquardtCTO and Co-Founder
Mario ArchillaAdvisor
Mario SendenAdvisor
Priyanka JainCEO and Co-Founder