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Numenta

Cortical theory, sparse computation.

HQ
Redwood City
Founded
2005
Web
numenta.com
Camps
Other substrates

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What it does

Jeff Hawkins's company spun its Thousand Brains Project into an independent nonprofit in January 2025 to build sensorimotor AI on cortical principles; Numenta itself applies neuroscience to deep learning.

Camp membership over time

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    Program search and other substrates
    Cortical theory; Thousand Brains Project spun out as a nonprofit in 2025.

Capital

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People

Jeff HawkinsJeff HawkinsCo-founder; board