Julian Weaver

professional telepathy guy

ceo & cofounder @dydema (YC F26)

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[Julian Weaver @juliver]

Today we’re launching @dydema (YC F26).

We’re building personal, programmable brain-computer interfaces: you pick a thought and bind it to anything, like a key, a game or an agent. No surgery required.

[Tobias Eichenwald @tobioaks]

I've spent the last 13 years working on Human Computer Interfaces, and what's happening right now is one of the most exciting moments. Huge congrats, @juliver and the team at @dydema. Excited to be in the same batch! 🙌

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@aaron_epstein onwards and upwards!! Really appreciate your support

[elian @elian_mcc]

met chris + julian in SF over the summer. these guys are absolutely cracked! congrats on the launch 🔥

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@elian_mcc hell yeah, thanks elian!

[Aaron Epstein @aaron_epstein]

Dydema is building non-invasive programmable brain-computer interfaces, and it's one of the coolest things I've seen.

What's especially interesting is that they're able to control an entire computer to do advanced things like play games and answer emails simply by using computer use to suggest the most likely actions the user will want to take, and accepting or rejecting them with their thoughts.

Wild possibilities, and super inspirational @juliver @ChrisOost!

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

been listening to techno and replying to comments all day

this is great

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@itsparulsinha @dydema i'm in awe of the rl potential

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

Today we’re launching @dydema (YC F26).

We’re building personal, programmable brain-computer interfaces: you pick a thought and bind it to anything, like a key, a game or an agent. No surgery required.

[Parul Sinha @itsparulsinha]

I love these guys, their tech is amazing!

I’ve learned a lot from Julian and Chris on how to approach my own experimental research (they’re both extremely talented!!) check out their launch :)

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@itsparulsinha @dydema brain2paper benchmark?

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@CieloDahy happy to hear! we'll definitely be making more of these kinds of demos as it gets better

[Cielo Dahy @CieloDahy]

WOW

pocas veces me veo un launch video completo

Increible

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@Axonnic_ @ycombinator @PatankarArsh @maximSwilliams congrats y'all! really cool tech 🦾

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@charlescushmn appreciate it, it was a grind!

we’ll be releasing benchmarks alongside our upcoming model API, and you’ll be able to test it yourself

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@_____nemo0_____ @dydema mind magic is very much the plan!

I'm optimistic bci will earn its place as it gets quicker and more generalizable, though as you point out, the more modalities its paired w/ the better

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@const_ @dydema OPM is really cool! but for now, very very expensive

we’re betting on models + big data that work on cheaper sensors (that we can scale recording on), and that those models can move over to better hardware as it gets cheaper (opm?)

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@aliguenbour @dydema 🧠😊👍

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@CarolFu0615 @dydema it does have a learning curve, but it's not super bad (def easier than learning how to type).

a big part of our job now is to keep reducing that friction

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@thermodrift @dydema @OpenBCI very cool!

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@alpaimdev @dydema 100% agree! we're actually working on releasing model APIs in the interim. but yeah, people building software on the platform/model outputs is a big goal of ours. the alternative stifles progress

[Julian Weaver @juliver]

@thermodrift @dydema the hardware in the vid is a 16-channel @OpenBCI gel EEG system, which we were using to test sparser electrode layouts

we are also designing our own hardware in-house, and we'll show that off as it develops!