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Piramidal

Foundation Model for the Brain

piramidal.ai
HQ: New York, NY, USA
1-10
Healthcare

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Overview

Piramidal is a neuroAI / healthcare AI startup that builds a foundation model for EEG and other brain biosignals, with the first product positioned as an AI copilot for epilepsy diagnosis and real-time ICU EEG monitoring.

Primary product

A foundation model for EEG brainwave data and an AI copilot for epilepsy / real-time EEG interpretation.

Founded

2024

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

1-10

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

NeuroAI / healthcare AI

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States
New York City, NY, United States
London, England, United Kingdom

Business model

B2B software
clinical decision-support software
enterprise healthcare AI software

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$8M

Latest round

Seed · Dec 2024

Latest amount

$1.5M

People & investors

Leadership

Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou

Founder & CEO

Kris Pahuja

Co-Founder & CPO

Seth Markus

Chief of Staff | Head of BizOps

Investors

Adverb Ventures
Ajira Ventures
FAST (by GETTYLAB)
Founderful
Lionheart Ventures
Niremia Collective
Undisclosed angel investors
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Mission-driven and highly technical; the company emphasizes 'AI Symbiosis' and cognitive liberty, explicitly opposing commodification of minds and non-consensual neural manipulation. Hiring signals suggest an engineering-first culture.

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public job postings show Research Engineer pay at $120K-$280K and Front End Engineer pay at $120K-$235K, with YC describing cash around the 60th percentile plus high-percentile equity. One role is limited to US citizens / visa holders.

Benefits

competitive cash compensation
equity compensation
high-upside equity

Product & market

Pricing

Not publicly disclosed.

Differentiators

  • —Foundation model trained on EEG / brain biosignals rather than text
  • —Vendor-agnostic across EEG hardware
  • —Turns EEG review from hours into seconds
  • —Designed for real-time clinical workflows and ICU monitoring
  • —Broad training on diverse EEG data plus clinic fine-tuning

Technology

React
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
PyTorch
MySQL
Kubernetes
Go
Terraform
signal processing

Customers

Neurologists
sleep doctors
neurotech companies
academic or healthcare institutions storing EEG data
ICU clinicians and hospital systems

Competitors

Ceribell
Empatica
Cumulus Neuro

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Less than $1M

Estimated monthly visits

941

Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026

info@piramidal.ai

Signals & risks

Other
Apr 2026

Piramidal's AI models were described as still under development and only in research / investigational settings; they are not FDA-cleared or approved and are not intended for clinical decision-making yet.

Source

Latest news

IntraNerve Neuroscience and Piramidal Partner to Develop Scalable EEG Monitoring Through AI

PR Newswire · Apr 2026

Announced Piramidal’s first remote monitoring company partner, a real-world pilot, and stated the models are still investigational and not FDA-cleared.

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

Wired · Aug 2025

Covered the Cleveland Clinic partnership and the use of Piramidal’s model to monitor ICU brain health.

Doctors Use Breakthrough Large Neuro Model To Decode Brain Activity

Forbes · Aug 2025

Described Piramidal as a New York-based Y Combinator graduate and said it was collaborating with Cleveland Clinic on an ICU deployment and a commercial product path.

Piramidal's foundation model for brain waves could supercharge EEGs

TechCrunch · Aug 2024

Introduced Piramidal's brainwave foundation model, its $6M seed funding, and its goal to improve EEG analysis and neurological diagnosis.

Piramidal raises $6M to advance AI brainwave analysis and improve diagnoses of neurological conditions

SiliconANGLE · Aug 2024

Reported the $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and highlighted angel participation plus the company’s EEG-analysis focus.

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