Y Combinator startup Dydema launches non-surgical brain-computer interface that binds thoughts to actions

Dydema, a Y Combinator (F26) startup, has launched a non-surgical, programmable brain-computer interface that lets users bind chosen thoughts to actions such as keys, games, or agents. The founders say their models work on new users after minutes of setup and beat person-specific models on their benchmarks. The team has cleaned roughly 14.6 years of EEG data and is recording real-world data. Current demos use a 16-channel OpenBCI gel EEG system while in-house hardware is developed; the system distinguishes a few programmed mental states rather than decoding specific thoughts, with higher fidelity planned.

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