The problem
People still direct AI by typing or talking; implanted brain interfaces need surgery and never go mainstream
What they do
Baseball cap with hidden EEG sensors that turns imagined speech into AI commands
Traction Pre-product, no revenue: prototype only, early-access waitlist; 100K+ hours of labeled neural data
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 9
- Headcount
- ~16-25 (est.)
Out of stealth Apr 2026; ~16 staff (Tracxn, Apr 2026); 9 open roles, mostly SF hardware leads
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- Remote
Latest news
Oct 2026
Raised $50M seed led by Khosla at reported $600M valuation; CES 2027 demo planned ↗Funding
- Last round
- $50M
- Stage
- Seed
- Date
- Oct 2026
Led by Khosla Ventures
- Hiring+19 open roles on the live job board (3–9 roles = +1)
- Funding recency+1.5Seed · $50M, Oct 2026 (this month): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction0No growth signal counted: Pre-product, no revenue: prototype only, early-access waitlist; 100K+ hours of labeled neural data
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total2.51 + 1.5 + 0 − 0 = 2.5 → Warm-up
Stealth rule: just out of stealth, so it starts in Warm-up whatever the score (Steady by score alone).
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven · edge: learns from use
Bets on a custom EEG chip plus the largest disclosed labeled neural dataset; no peer-reviewed accuracy data yet, experts are openly skeptical, and the promised end-2026 beanie slipped to a CES 2027 cap prototype.
Sources: GlobeNewswire: Sabi raises $50M seed led by Khosla Ventures (Oct 2026) ↗ · Inside BCI: $600M reported valuation, no peer-reviewed accuracy data (Oct 2026) ↗ · WIRED: This beanie is designed to read your thoughts (Apr 2026) ↗
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Last checked Oct 25, 2026