Exclusive: Founders Fund seeds sleep-tracking startup
Summary
Sleep-tracking startup Earable has raised $6.6 million from lead investor Founders Fund and Smilegate Investment as it prepares to introduce a wearable headset aimed at improving sleep and productivity. Subscribe for free Why it matters: Earable hopes to reawaken the field of sleep tracking, which has been on snooze for several years as most available devices cant provide more than an estimate of the time you spent in bed. How it works: Earable isnt just a sleep tracker, Tam Vu, the companys founder and chief executive officer, tells Axios. We’re a neuroscience and AI company designed to improve humans cognitive function," says Vu, who is also an associate professor of computer science at Oxford University. Whats next: Vu intends for the Earable headset to eventually be capable of sharing medical-grade data with a users clinician.