NeuroSky

At a glance

Legal name

NeuroSky, Inc.verifiedSource

1. NeuroSky — official sitehttps://neurosky.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Aliases

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Type

private-startupverifiedSources (2)

1. Wikipedia — NeuroSkyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroSky
2. NeurotechJP — Stanley Yang interview (NeuroSky founders + history)https://neurotechjp.com/blog/yang-neurosky/

Updated: 2026-05-04

Focus areas

consumer-wellness, consumer-focus, education, developer-toolsverifiedSources (2)

1. NeuroSky — official sitehttps://neurosky.com
2. NeuroSky developer portalhttps://developer.neurosky.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Founded

2004verifiedSources (2)

1. Wikipedia — NeuroSkyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroSky
2. NeurotechJP — Stanley Yang interview (NeuroSky founders + history)https://neurotechjp.com/blog/yang-neurosky/

Updated: 2026-05-04

Defunct

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Spinout of

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

HQ city

San JoseverifiedSources (2)

1. NeuroSky — official sitehttps://neurosky.com
2. Wikipedia — NeuroSkyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroSky

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ country

USverifiedSources (2)

1. NeuroSky — official sitehttps://neurosky.com
2. Wikipedia — NeuroSkyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroSky

Updated: 2026-05-04

Employees

—unknownSource

1. v0 said 11-50; not pinned in primary sources

Updated: 2026-05-04

Flagship device

neurosky-mindwave-mobile-2verifiedSources (2)

1. NeuroSky — official sitehttps://neurosky.com
2. NeuroSky storehttps://store.neurosky.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Product lines

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

In-house manufacturing

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Open source

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

GitHub org

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Website

neurosky.comverifiedSource

1. NeuroSky — official sitehttps://neurosky.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Blog

—unknownSource

1. v0 had a /category/blog/ URL; not pinned in primary sources

Updated: 2026-05-04

Support

support.neurosky.comverifiedSource

1. NeuroSky support portalhttps://support.neurosky.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Devices

• non-invasiveEEG

  MindFlex

  neurosky

  1 channels—
• non-invasiveEEG

  MindSet

  neurosky

  1 channels—
• non-invasiveEEG

  NeuroSky MindWave Mobile 2

  neurosky

  1 channelsUSD 129.99
• non-invasiveEEG

  MindWave (1st gen)

  neurosky

  1 channels—

People

MilestonesverifiedSources (2)

1. Wikipedia — NeuroSkyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroSky
2. NeurotechJP — Stanley Yang interview (NeuroSky founders + history)https://neurotechjp.com/blog/yang-neurosky/

Updated: 2026-05-04

1. 2004

   NeuroSky founded in San Jose

2. 2009

   Mattel MindFlex ships

   Toy uses NeuroSky's ThinkGear chip — first mass-market consumer-EEG product to ship millions of units.

3. 2009

   MindSet headset launches

   NeuroSky's first own-brand consumer EEG headset, shipped with an SDK.

4. 2011

   MindWave consumer headset launches

Reputation

Single-channel attention/meditation eSense algorithms have been criticized for opacity and limited scientific validation, but NeuroSky's ThinkGear ASIC is the de-facto standard for sub-$200 consumer EEG and powers most of the price segment.