Descartes (AI Model by Hemispheric)
Foundation AI model for decoding non-invasive brain activity to diagnose neurological and psychiatric disorders
Descartes is a 6-billion-parameter frontier NeuroAI foundation model that translates electrical brain signals into quantitative, objective insights for clinicians and researchers. Trained on over 250,000 hours of EEG and behavioral data from more than 100,000 participants, it decodes brain activity without invasive procedures to help diagnose conditions like depression, PTSD, Parkinson's disease, anxiety, schizophrenia, and early cognitive decline. During a 15-minute session, patients wear a lightweight dry-electrode EEG headset while interacting with an app, enabling objective brain measurements comparable to blood tests or ECGs for other organs.
Who it's for
Pricing · enterprise
checked today| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| B2B Enterprise | Free | Available through partnerships with healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies · No public pricing disclosed; licensing model for clinical and research use |
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Use it for
- — Objective diagnosis of depression, PTSD, and other neuropsychiatric disorders
- — Treatment selection and monitoring in clinical settings
- — Drug development and clinical trials for neurological conditions
- — Early detection and prediction of Alzheimer's disease
- — Precision brain health diagnostics
- — Research on brain function and neural biomarkers
Get the most out of it
- 01The technology is still in regulatory approval phase (FDA submission planned for early 2027) so clinical availability is limited; focus current engagement on research partnerships or pharmaceutical trials
- 02Descartes requires specialized EEG hardware and app-based tasks; integration with existing clinical workflows will require infrastructure investment
- 03Leverage the 250,000+ hours of training data and 6-billion-parameter model for complex brain interpretation; the model's strength is comparing individual brain patterns across populations
- 04Work with Hemispheric's team on custom implementations since this is an enterprise platform; direct partnerships offer better ROI than generic deployments
- 05Position Descartes as an objective diagnostic tool to replace subjective questionnaires; emphasize the potential to reduce trial-and-error treatment selection cycles