Dr Zied Tayeb

Grey skies, morning brew, and 'Pattern Breakers' for company on the way to catch a flight. Two lines have struck a real chord: non-consensus ideas and movements. 'Keep in mind, if your idea is non-consensus, it follows that most people will dislike it—even if you are right.' – Pattern Breakers Every unconventional founder knows this feeling. @elonmusk laughed at for rockets. The Stripe brothers were told: ‘Payments are solved.’ Sir James Dyson mocked for building 5,000 prototypes. We’ve had our share of raised eyebrows, too. 'A brain gym for Earth and space?'  'Gamified neuroscience to track and improve brain and body health? Really?' But the best ideas are often those that feel wrong — until they’re suddenly right. And then @m2jr, puts it brilliantly: 'Ideas alone aren’t enough for a breakthrough start-up. Founders need to carry people along with them into a radically different future. Ideas make radical change possible, but only movements make radical change real.' History shows it: Jobs didn’t just make computers; he sparked a design-led movement. Patagonia didn’t just sell jackets; they built a movement around responsibility. As we launch BodyMirror™ (@MyelinZ) in a few days, we’re excited to show what happens when non-consensus ideas meet a movement to carry people into a different future. Hats off to @m2jr, for a cracking read. Halfway through, and already hooked. #PatternBreakers #Startups #Founders #NonConsensus #MovementsNotProducts #BrainHealth

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻: 𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 — 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 — 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. This morning, before catching my next flight, I sat with a brew and the Financial Times open on the table — an old ritual before new journeys. I came across a fascinating piece on the science of “young blood” and age-related illness. But what caught my eye wasn’t the hype around transfusion therapies — it was one quietly powerful line: the speed of brain ageing is the best predictor of longevity and may be the single most important factor in determining how long and how well we live. We often think of ageing as a number on a birthday cake — the years we’ve counted, not the ones we’ve truly lived through. But the real clock, it seems, doesn’t hang on the wall. It ticks inside the skull. The pace at which our brain ages — how fast it forgets, recovers, reacts, and regenerates — may tell us far more about our future than any calendar ever could. That idea sits at the heart of what we’ve been building with BodyMirror (MyelinZ®) — an AI-powered digital Brain & Body Gym that blends neuroscience and immersive neurogames to monitor and improve brain and body health, including helping you understand your own pace of ageing. It estimates your brain & body ages — through your speech, your memory, focus, your physical movement, and even your mood. Quietly, every day, it listens to how your inner clock is ticking. After all, youth isn’t lost at forty or fifty — it’s simply misplaced somewhere between your neurons and your habits. Find it again, and you just might turn back the clock. (The photograph on the left captures that quiet moment with the Financial Times, where the thought first struck. The image on the right shows the BodyMirror app — the very reflection of that idea brought to life through science, design, and daily habit.) A brilliant and cracking piece by Hannah Kuchler, whose sharp, humane reporting continues to bridge neuroscience, innovation, and the everyday realities of ageing. Read the @FT articles: on.ft.com/4ohQ3wC and on.ft.com/4lgefhv

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝗔 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 & 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 This year’s Nobel Prize has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering regulatory T cells — the immune system’s peacekeepers that maintain peripheral immune tolerance and prevent the body from attacking itself. Normally, the immune system has “brakes” that stop this from happening. In MS, those brakes fail. The immune system turns against the myelin sheath that protects our brain and spinal cord. Research now shows that restoring or boosting these regulatory T cells could halt the autoimmune attack at its root — and fixing this mechanism could hold the key to stopping the disease altogether. This discovery isn’t just historic — it’s a blueprint for a new generation of MS treatments that re-educate, rather than suppress, the immune system. The laureates’ work on regulatory T cells has opened new frontiers for neuro-immune therapies — a foundation that inspires everything we do at @MyelinZ and BodyMirror Clinical MS™, where neuroscience meets AI to restore balance in the brain and body for people living with MS. Chronic immune activation in MS (and even in preclinical stages) leaves measurable traces in brain activity, speech, mood, and motor control — all of which BodyMirror Clinical MS™ tracks. Whilst it isn’t an immunotherapy, it complements these discoveries by measuring and modulating the brain–body systems that reflect immune dysregulation. By providing AI-based Readiness Scores (Cognitive, Mood, Speech, Motor, Physical), BodyMirror captures fluctuations in neuro-immune balance that correlate with inflammation and fatigue. Using our neuroplasticity-promoting games, we transform tracking insights into a powerful, home-based rehabilitation programme — helping to improve the quality of life for people with MS. To learn more about our work in MS and the science behind BodyMirror Clinical MS™, watch our RTL interview here: lnkd.in/ejFfvSyH #NobelPrize #MS #Neuroimmunology #BrainHealth #BodyMirror_Clinical_MS™ #MyelinZ #Neurotechnology #AIinHealthcare 📷

The largest buyout in Wall Street history — @EA, a gaming company, for $55 billion by Saudi Arabia’s @PublicInvestmentFund (PIF), Silver Lake, with the involvement of @jpmorgan — continues to spill ink and raise eyebrows. Unequivocally, the impact of such a deal will reverberate for years to come, and may have just set the industry back into 'house on fire' mode. As someone with a horse in this race through our neurogaming venture, today’s follow-up by the Financial Times on EA’s $55bn takeover pulled the curtain on three fascinating facts. - First: in the world of investment and the art of the deal, when there’s a will, there’s a way. Striking to read that when the deal struck @JamieDimon_DCA's chord, he instructed his JPMorgan team and capital markets bankers "to get it delivered in less than a week". - Second: there had been multiple offers before this one materialised. The deal was studied for a decade before finally becoming a reality. A reminder that resilience, patience, and rigorous persistence pay off, despite any initial headwinds. - Third: PIF also holds stakes in Nintendo and Take-Two Interactive, showing just how burgeoning and hot this space is becoming. Such an exciting time to be building in this space — with an unorthodox approach, fusing a newly defined category of NeuroGaming with AI and brain–computer interfaces to make the world a healthier place. As ever, hats off to the @FT team — and to the brilliant Ivan Levingston — for a cracking investigative piece today. Link: on.ft.com/42dLta4

Your brain, on screen. Alive, adaptive, in motion. We’re excited to unveil the latest feature in the BodyMirror™ (@MyelinZ) app: the real-time Brain Response Map. For the first time, you can see your brain activity unfold before, during, and after key gameplay moments in our NeuroGames. Not just a score — but a living map of calmness, focus, and energy as they shift in real time. - Watch your brain sharpen its focus as you take on a challenge. - See calmness dip and rise with music or gameplay. - Replay your brain states like a film — proof that the brain is dynamic, adaptable, and trainable. That’s why we call it BodyMirror™: your brain and body, mirrored back to you — insights at your fingertips. - Register & download free: lnkd.in/eaTt6S4N - Pre-order BodyMirror devices: shop.myelinz.com #BrainHealth #Neurotech #Innovation #BodyMirror

Brilliant bit of news and encouraging signs from the Chancellor, @RachelReevesMP, this week. Whilst US visa fees for skilled workers are now set at $100,000, the UK is making it easier for startups like MyelinZ® to attract world-class talent — signalling that Britain remains open to the best and brightest. Coupled with Revolut’s decision to anchor its global HQ in London, it’s a timely reminder that a country’s competitiveness rests not just on capital, but on people. Hats off to Dom Hallas, Leah Friedlander, and the fab team at Startup Coalition — championing this agenda (and many others) both publicly and behind the scenes, ensuring the voice of UK startups is heard loud and clear. lnkd.in/ezq2bJK8

With H-1Bs now costing $100K a year, a lot of brilliant engineers and builders in the US are rethinking their next move. Here’s a thought: why not Manchester — the industrial capital of the world, and now a rising hub for AI, neurotech, and game design? At @MyelinZ®, we’re building the first AI-powered Brain Gym for Earth and Space. A place where neuroscience, machine learning, and immersive NeuroGames collide — and where what you build could change lives on Earth and in orbit. We’re currently hiring across four frontier roles: •⁠ ⁠B2B Marketing Lead – to put neurotech on the global map: lnkd.in/eqQaMvQH •⁠ ⁠ML / Neuroengineer – to decode brain and body signals in real time: lnkd.in/e2DzaNxF •⁠ ⁠Game Developer – to craft NeuroGames that train and heal: lnkd.in/ebfKirtF •⁠ ⁠Software Engineer – to wire it all together: lnkd.in/eZRPrTrf We offer full UK visa sponsorship, relocation support, and a chance to join a team that’s intense but kind, experimental but focused. If you’re in the US (or anywhere else) and you don’t mind the Manchester weather, but you do want to work on something that matters — Manchester’s calling. And if this sounds like you, the reader, consider applying. We’re #hiring. #Neurotech #AI #Games #Software #Marketing #Space #h1bvisa Image credit: Alex Wheeler / FT montage / Getty Images

See Your Brain in Action: From Gameplay to Brain Map Ever wondered what’s happening inside your brain as you rise to a cognitive challenge? We’re excited to unveil BodyMirror’s latest neurotech feature — the real-time Brain Response Map (shown in the snapshot video from the BodyMirror app). Now, you don’t just play our NeuroGames for brain health tracking and improvement — you can actually see how your brain responds before and after each in-game challenge, and even replay the entire brain activity like watching a Hollywood film. With the Brain Response Map, you can visualise and compare your brain states — calmness, focus, energy — across different stages. That’s why we call it BrainMirror: because your brain is mirrored back to you in real time. - Watch your brain state shift as you move from one challenge to the next. - See calmness dip or focus sharpen as your brain adapts. - Discover the living proof that our brains are dynamic, adaptable, and trainable. This is not just a score. This is your brain — alive, responsive, in motion. Welcome to the future of brain self-tracking. Neuro-wellness insights at your fingertips. Welcome to BodyMirror. Register & Download the App Free: lnkd.in/eaTt6S4N Pre-Order BodyMirror Devices: shop.myelinz.com #BrainHealth #Neurotechnology #DigitalHealth #Innovation #FutureOfHealth

The Compressed Century of the Mind? Whilst it’s nearly a year old, I’ve just revisited @DarioAmodei's fascinating essay 'Machines of Loving Grace - How AI Could Transform the World for the Better'. Two points in particular stayed with me: first, that with powerful AI (Amodei dislikes the term AGI), we could compress a century of progress into a single decade; and second, that AI won’t just write code—it could help us tune the brain. Amodei’s treatment of neuroscience is refreshingly unorthodox compared with many essays in this space. For centuries, our understanding of the brain has been piecemeal—neurons in a dish, signals in a lab, fragments of cognition. He paints a strikingly hopeful picture: 10x science, fewer diseases, longer lives. The part that matters most to me is the brain. If AI helps us to see circuits rather than just symptoms, then depression, PTSD, attention, and speech disorders stop being vague labels and start becoming tractable systems. Biology often grabs the headlines—cancer, ageing, vaccines-for-anything—but the real sleeper is neuroscience. If Amodei is right, we could move from managing symptoms to engineering cognition: sharper focus, steadier mood, fewer relapses, clearer speech; everyday brains running closer to spec. I buy the trajectory, not the timelines. Wet labs, trial rules, and human behaviour don’t bend overnight. Yet the direction is hard to argue with: tools that cut through complexity tend to win. The real question is whether we’re underestimating how quickly neuroscience will translate into the real world—or overhyping what’s still gated by biology and bureaucracy. At @MyelinZ, we wrestle with these questions daily whilst building BodyMirror™—bringing neuroscience out of journals and into everyday experience, and moving brain–computer interfaces from the lab into the home. A cracking piece on AI—one of the best I’ve read in recent years, and well worth the time: Link: lnkd.in/eK5tj6B9

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A very interesting talk from Dr Zied Tayeb on the incredible work @MyelinZ are doing around gamified neurotechnology and brain health. #MDFuture

Appreciate it, Mike! What struck me most is the tension between timing and movement. How do you know if you’re too early — or just early enough — for a non-consensus idea to become a movement? History shows with Airbnb, Uber, Stripe, etc. the market itself didn’t exist until the movement began. I reckon that’s the kind of question you wrestle with daily at @floodgatefund

@Zied_Tayeb Thanks for the kind words. I’d love to get your perspective on the questions it raises that we didn’t get to. And in the meantime, good luck catalyzing your movement :)

Grey skies, morning brew, and 'Pattern Breakers' for company on the way to catch a flight. Two lines have struck a real chord: non-consensus ideas and movements. 'Keep in mind, if your idea is non-consensus, it follows that most people will dislike it—even if you are right.' – Pattern Breakers Every unconventional founder knows this feeling. @elonmusk laughed at for rockets. The Stripe brothers were told: ‘Payments are solved.’ Sir James Dyson mocked for building 5,000 prototypes. We’ve had our share of raised eyebrows, too. 'A brain gym for Earth and space?'  'Gamified neuroscience to track and improve brain and body health? Really?' But the best ideas are often those that feel wrong — until they’re suddenly right. And then @m2jr, puts it brilliantly: 'Ideas alone aren’t enough for a breakthrough start-up. Founders need to carry people along with them into a radically different future. Ideas make radical change possible, but only movements make radical change real.' History shows it: Jobs didn’t just make computers; he sparked a design-led movement. Patagonia didn’t just sell jackets; they built a movement around responsibility. As we launch BodyMirror™ (@MyelinZ) in a few days, we’re excited to show what happens when non-consensus ideas meet a movement to carry people into a different future. Hats off to @m2jr, for a cracking read. Halfway through, and already hooked. #PatternBreakers #Startups #Founders #NonConsensus #MovementsNotProducts #BrainHealth

Whilst Mistral’s ASML-led funding round may (lnkd.in/ebPe9XdX), at first blush, look like a cracking win for European AI sovereignty, Michael Jackson’s razor-sharp analysis suggests otherwise. His take—that this is more a game of checkers dressed up as 4D chess—has clearly struck a chord. Indeed, as many have noted, the deal was hardly piping hot; investors were not exactly falling over themselves to join the party. Some have gone further still, questioning whether the ASML tie-up has much substance to stand on. From a valuation perspective—the only yardstick being waved about for now—the €17 billion tag looks a mere smidgeon against rivals: OpenAI at $500 billion and Anthropic’s Claude at $183 billion. Yet, for all the banana skins and elephants in the room, such critiques should not eclipse the symbolic weight of this move. One can only remain cautiously optimistic that it marks a step in the right direction—towards the vision of European AI sovereignty we’ve all long argued for, including in my reflections on Ian Hogarth’s excellent @FT piece, 'Can Europe Build Its First Trillion-Dollar Start-Up?' Links to my earlier commentary: - lnkd.in/eyRR_4gT - lnkd.in/e3Y5Nwrd