Rimjhim Agrawal (left) is CTO and Laina Emmanuel is CEO of their deep tech startup BrainSightAI
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Laina Emmanuel and Rimjhim Agrawal are building a neuro-informatics platform that could equip brain surgeons and psychiatrists with vital information about their patientsRimjhim Agrawal has a PhD from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans), and is a researcher who has studied the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to the problems of mental health. Laina Emmanuel is a technologist who has worked with large tech companies as well as governments on the use of tech in health care.
An entrepreneurship programme at UK-based startup accelerator and investment firm Entrepreneur First brought them together, and thus was born their deep tech startup BrainSightAI, which is developing a neuro-informatics platform. BrainSightAI’s software is helping neurosurgeons to be better prepared and psychiatrists to get a better idea of what’s going on in their patients’ minds.
(This story appears in the 03 December, 2021 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)