Accelerate Bio Podcast · Dec 2025
Episode focused on AI wearables and Dan Siroker’s comments about mind uploading/brain emulation timelines.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Mind Emulation Foundation is a small, active Palo Alto-based nonprofit research organization founded in 2018. It funds and conducts scientific research aimed at accelerating human mind emulation, with a public emphasis on connectome mapping, digital preservation of mind, and democratizing access to the technology.
Primary product
Nonprofit scientific research and research funding for human mind emulation
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Research Services
Sub-industry
Science and Technology Research Institutes
Offices
Business model
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Stage
Seed
Total raised
$150K
Latest round
Convertible Note · Mar 2018
Latest amount
$150K
Mar 2018 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Investors
Mission-driven and research-first, with a stated commitment to democratizing and making mind emulation accessible to everyone.
Pricing
Donation-based nonprofit; accepts donations via donor funding rather than selling a standard commercial product.
Differentiators
Technology
Accelerate Bio Podcast · Dec 2025
Episode focused on AI wearables and Dan Siroker’s comments about mind uploading/brain emulation timelines.
Imagine AI Podcast · Oct 2025
Interview discussing personalized AI and mind emulation, with Dan Siroker framing mind emulation as a long-term future direction.
Forbes · Jun 2025
Profiles Dan Siroker and describes his memory-augmentation work at Limitless, reinforcing the broader context for his mind-emulation interests.
TechCrunch · Nov 2022
Explains Dan Siroker’s memory-augmentation work and explicitly notes that he started the Mind Emulation Foundation in 2018 to accelerate human mind emulation.
Hacker News · Sep 2020
Public launch discussion where Dan Siroker identified himself as founder and CEO and explained the foundation’s mission and terminology.