Startups

OpenBCI

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Open-source biosensing company founded by Conor Russomanno and Joel Murphy, offering EEG/EMG/ECG hardware including Cyton, Ultracortex and Galea. Rewards crowdfunding is separate from equity financing.

Founded 2013

Team

Conor RussomannoCo-founder and CEO

Joel MurphyCo-founder

Joseph ArtusoHistorical President and Chief Commercial Officer (2023)

Investments

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BCI research snapshot, reviewed 2026-10-06. Company identity: OpenBCI. This is the pre-import evidence dossier; historical statements about database absence or review are archival. Unverified claims remain research leads, not validated facts. Part 1/1 # OpenBCI Research date: **2026-10-06**. Review material only; no adex data was modified. All linked sources and HTML image references were accessed on this date. ## Identity and operating status Private company trading as **OpenBCI**, founded **2013** by Joel Murphy and Conor Russomanno, based in Brooklyn/New York. Exact registered corporate name should be confirmed from an issuer/legal record before importing legal entity fields. [Founding company announcement](https://openbci.com/community/brain-interface-lab-is-now-openbci/); [Founder biography](https://www.ted.com/speakers/conor_russomanno) Produces open-source EEG/EMG/ECG biosensing systems, including Cyton, Ultracortex and Galea multimodal headset. Active official shop/community pages substantiate operations. These are biosensing/development products, not an implanted therapeutic BCI. [Official site](https://openbci.com/); [Official Galea brochure](https://openbci.com/content/galea-brochure.pdf) ## Audit of pasted BCI.INTEL entry | Pasted claim | Assessment | |---|---| | Brooklyn; Conor Russomanno CEO | Supported company history and founder biography. | | $2M+ funding | No reconciled primary-source equity total located; hold. | | Cyton / Ultracortex / Galea | Genuine product families. | | Active | Live products and company communications. | ## Company profile image Direct official company icon fallback: [Apple touch icon](https://openbci.com/apple-touch-icon.png). Direct branded forum logo: [PNG](https://openbci.com/forum/uploads/f78b6837681a1c0d2f92681d4191fc79.png) from [official forum](https://openbci.com/forum/). Conor portrait from named TED biography. ## Founders and public team | Person | Role / relationship | Profile and role evidence | Direct profile image URL | |---|---|---|---| | Conor Russomanno | Co-founder and CEO | [Role/profile source](https://www.ted.com/speakers/conor_russomanno) | [PFP](https://ted-conferences-speaker-photos-production.s3.amazonaws.com/8mjrfbiadnlldt3sjantf04onb18) | | Joel Murphy | Co-founder; current executive role not established | [Role/profile source](https://openbci.com/community/brain-interface-lab-is-now-openbci/) | Unavailable; examined cited official/institutional profile; no named portrait URL verified | | Joseph Artuso | President and Chief Commercial Officer in 2023 company announcement | [Role/profile source](https://openbci.com/community/openbci-unveils-vision-for-wearable-neuro-powered-personal-computer-at-slush-2023/) | Unavailable; examined cited official/institutional profile; no named portrait URL verified | Secondary executive directory lists Shirley Zhang COO; current role and named portrait not verified from primary source, so hold this relationship. The personal Conor website now displays a coming-soon page; historical cached funding claims are not treated as current confirmation. ## Investments and financing | Campaign / announcement | Instrument | USD amount | Investors/backers | Source | |---|---|---:|---|---| | 2013-12 to2014-01 campaign | Rewards crowdfunding | $215,438 | 947 Kickstarter backers, not named equity investors | [Original campaign](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openbci/openbci-an-open-source-brain-computer-interface-fo) | | 2015 campaign | Rewards crowdfunding | $168,829 | Kickstarter backers | [Biosensing for Everybody](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openbci/openbci-biosensing-for-everybody) | Do not import crowdfunding as venture rounds or sum it into an asserted equity total. [December2023 official Slush announcement](https://openbci.com/community/openbci-unveils-vision-for-wearable-neuro-powered-personal-computer-at-slush-2023/) discusses future fundraising plans, not proof a Series A subsequently closed. No primary-source completed priced VC round, debt amount, acquisition or grant was established. Pasted $2M+ remains unverified. ## Existing adex match and review decision Missing exact-name Org match. Review proposed PascalCase `OpenBCI`, check alias/legal-name matches, then add identity and separately classified crowdfunding if supported. Hold unverified equity total and current non-founder team roles. Read-only exact-name lookup in `data/db.sqlite3` table `Org` found no matching record. Review aliases before creating a new PascalCase ID.