Interview

February 6, 2020

Meet Neuroelectrics, the company helping Facebook read your brainwaves

This healthtech startup sells its brainwave skullcap to big clients like Facebook and Warner Bros — it’s also taking on illnesses like epilepsy and Alzheimer’s.


Tim Smith

5 min read

Ana Maiques didn’t build Neuroelectrics from the ground up to help companies like Facebook and Warner Bros understand what’s going on inside our brains, but selling to clients like these has helped the startup develop technology that could transform healthcare for millions of patients.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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