Eric Wollberg, Founder of PropheticAI & Evan Fisher, Founder of Portal Ventures

Join Mahesh as he discusses the world of lucid dreaming with Eric Wollberg, Founder of Prophetic AI, and Evan Fisher, Founder of Portal Ventures.

Prophetic AI has created the first hardware device capable of stabilizing lucid dream states among casual participants. An operating system to explore consciousness, Prophetic aims to create a platform to allow us to explore the inner workings of our brains, which may present over time as immersive, VR-like experiences.

We discuss the process of lucid dreaming, the value of contextualized sleep data, and the implications of using such a novel mechanism to explore consciousness.

Show Notes

01:19 What is lucid dreaming and why is it important? 

03:45 Eric and Evan discuss their experiences with lucid dreaming

06:15 Eric’s background and origin on Prophetic

10:45 Key unlocks of the last 10 years

12:40 Business model and the value of dream data

18:50 Evan’s thoughts on sleep data

22:12 Regulatory and public backlash

27:25 Evan’s view on the brain and technology

Note: Mahesh and Evan are both angel investors in PropheticAI