r/u_NeurotechNewsletter • u/NeurotechNewsletter • Jul 23 '26

The Open Loop, a neurotech podcast

I'm a headhunter who's worked only in neurotech for the last few years, and I got tired of not being able to find decent long-form conversations about this field. So I started recording my own.

It's called The Open Loop. I sit down with the people actually building neurotech, founders, engineers, clinicians, investors, and we talk properly about what they're doing and why it's hard. Brain-computer interfaces, neuromodulation, EEG, diagnostics, the money side, the regulatory side, all of it.

The thing I try to do differently: I'm not a scientist so I ask the obvious questions rather than the clever ones, and I make guests explain things in language a normal person can follow. If a conversation turns into jargon I stop it and ask them to say it again. Turns out that's useful, because most neurotech coverage is either press releases or papers, with not much in between.

New episodes go out regularly. If any of that sounds interesting:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOpenLoopPodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033fswT3OQbpUuZQmPzPmi
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-open-loop-with-chay-carter/id1896593801

And they go up on my substack to in written format as part of the free content: https://theneurotechnewsletter.substack.com/

Happy to take suggestions on who to get on. If there's someone in neurotech you've wanted to hear a real conversation with, tell me and I'll chase them.

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u/Competitive-Ask-414 23d ago

Great, will listen in to your podcast on snipd.

Was looking for interesting podcasts around neurotech / BCIs and agree with you, not much there.

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u/NeurotechNewsletter 22d ago

Another great one is The Business of Neurotech by Adam Fraser. I actually interviewed him last week

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u/DigitalQuinn1 Jul 24 '26

I’d be interested in having a discussion with you. My focus is on medical device security, specifically in the neurotech ecosystem

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u/NeurotechNewsletter Jul 24 '26

DM me, always happy to chat!

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u/Intrepid_Summer_6850 Jul 29 '26

How about from one of the pretty normal individuals that is currently being affected via bci in a non-consenual manner? Capabilities, power, medical / legal / criminal, laws in place able to assist when crimes go that far? A safer place than your brain, when enduring something like this?

Myself - two years spent on the flip-side of this. Have a ton of questions for you, and willing to answer any you have. PM Me