--- title: A Face ID pioneer's NeuroAI startup raises $52M | daily.dev description: Hemispheric, a Tel Aviv-based NeuroAI startup co-founded by Gidi Littwin (a Face ID and Apple Vision Pro AI veteran) and computational neuroscientist Hagai... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-face-id-pioneer-s-neuroai-startup-raises-52m-vy9kv6teg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Face ID pioneer's NeuroAI startup raises $52M | daily.dev og:description: Hemispheric, a Tel Aviv-based NeuroAI startup co-founded by Gidi Littwin (a Face ID and Apple Vision Pro AI veteran) and computational neuroscientist Hagai... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-face-id-pioneer-s-neuroai-startup-raises-52m-vy9kv6teg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vY9kV6teg.png og:image:alt: A Face ID pioneer's NeuroAI startup raises $52M og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Face ID pioneer's NeuroAI startup raises $52M **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Hemispheric, a Tel Aviv-based NeuroAI startup co-founded by Gidi Littwin (a Face ID and Apple Vision Pro AI veteran) and computational neuroscientist Hagai Lalazar, has emerged from stealth with $52M in funding. Their flagship product, Descartes, is a 6-billion-parameter AI model trained on 250,000 hours of brain recordings from over 100,000 people. It enables non-invasive brain analysis via a 15-minute dry EEG headset session, aiming to provide objective measurements for conditions like depression, PTSD, Alzheimer's, and schizophrenia. Unlike Neuralink's surgical implants, Hemispheric bets on wearable brain tech. The company has already engaged with the FDA and plans to launch in the US and Europe, backed by investors including Hanaco Ventures, Protocol Labs, and L Catterton. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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