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Back to EpisodesGreg Lipschitz: The AI That Sees PTSD Where MRIs Can't (Firefly Neuroscience)
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Firefly Neuroscience is building an AI system that can read the human brain, and catch things MRIs and CT scans miss entirely. In this episode of The Index Podcast, CEO Greg Lipschitz and President Dave DeCaprio break down Evoke, their FDA-cleared EEG platform built on the world's largest standardized brain scan database.
This is what happens when a finance guy, a neurophysiologist, and an MIT AI researcher all end up chasing the same problem from different directions.
🚀 In this episode, we cover:
🧠 How Firefly Neuroscience built the world's largest standardized EEG and ERP brain database, over 200,000 sessions
🩺 Why EEG can catch PTSD and cognitive decline that MRIs, CT scans, and PET scans miss entirely
🧩 The wild story of assembling Firefly from acquired pieces instead of building from scratch
🏆 How co-founder Dave DeCaprio's old startup beat IBM Watson and the Mayo Clinic to win a $1.6 million federal AI contest
📈 Firefly's data flywheel: over 1,500 brain scans a month and growing
🏥 The business model behind selling AI powered brain scans to neurology and psychiatry clinics
🔮 What's next: guiding treatment and building a Whoop for brain health
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🎙️ The Index Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@theindexpodcast
🔗 Greg Lipschitz (X): https://x.com/Greg_Lipschitz
🧑💻 Dave DeCaprio (X): https://x.com/davedecaprio
🌐 Firefly Neuroscience (Website): https://fireflyneuro.com
🐦 Firefly Neuroscience (X): https://x.com/firefly_aiff
🔗 Firefly Neuroscience (Linkedin) https://ca.linkedin.com/company/fireflyneuroscience