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Can This Israeli Startup Use AI to Translate Brain Activity Into a Language We Can Understand?

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19 July 2026

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Digital Health

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Israel

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Read at haaretz.com

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Fusion42 · 19 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Israeli startup Hemispheric has raised $52 million to develop AI that translates brain activity from non-invasive EEG scans into diagnostic insights for depression, PTSD, and Parkinson's disease, drawing on over 250,000 hours of EEG data from 100,000+ participants.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Digital Health.

◆ The Wire takeaway

If you're building mental health diagnostics or clinical decision software, you now have a competitor with a 6-year head start, 250,000 hours of validated data, and $52m in the bank—and their core IP (turning brain signals into actionable output) is now proven. Your path to market just got harder; their path to 510(k) approval or acquisition just got shorter.

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