Tetiana Aleksandrova: No Surgery, No Keyboard — Just Your Brain | Ep 1317
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Welcome to Corizont Technologies, home of the Digital Executive Podcast. Do you work in emerging tech, working on something innovative, maybe an entrepreneur? Apply to be a guest at www.corizant.com forward slash brand. Welcome to the Digital Executive. Today's guest is Tatiana Alexandrova. Tatiana Alexandrova is a deep tech entrepreneur with 15 years of executive management. Experience and nearly a decade dedicating to commercializing brain computer interface or BCI technologies. As co-founder and CEO of SubSense, she leads company strategy, fundraising, and global public representation. Under her leadership, SubSense secured a landmark 27 million seed round led by Golden Falcon Capital and earned top industry honors, including the
2025 MedTech Breakthrough Award for Best New Technology Solution in Neurology and the Pinnacle Breakthrough Medical Device Award.
What inspired Tatiana Aleksandrova to pursue a career in neurotechnology and BCI?
Titiana holds a degree in economics and an MBA from the Moscow School of Management Skolkov. Her visionary work in Eurotech has earned her widespread recognition, including spots on the top 100 women in tech, top 100 women in venture, and the San Francisco Business Times forty under forties list. Well good afternoon Tatiana, welcome to the show.
Hi, nice to see you.
Absolutely, my friend. I appreciate it. Making the time, jump in a couple time zones over here. I'm in Kansas City. You're in Palo Alto, California. Uh, my favorite spots to do podcasts. I've done hundreds with CEOs like you from that area, and I just really love it. So let's just jump into your first question, Tetiana. You have over 15 years of executive management experience and nearly a decade specifically dedicated to commercializing brain computer interface. What first pulled you into Neurotech? And what was the realization that led you and your co-founder, Artem Sokolob, to start SubSense and pursue a fundamentally different path than everyone else in that field?
That's a great question because I believe that commercialization of brain computer interface haven't started yet because most of the companies that are still in are in D stage. And the reason how I got into NeuroTech is actually because I wanted to build something big and I wanted to Build some product that will lead to the new technological revolution. And many, many years ago, I believed that Brain Computer Interface was the one.
Why did she decide that non‑invasive BCI approaches were insufficient for consumer use?
And I think it was a very good bet that I started to do that. And the reason why we decided to start a new company, because Substance is my second brain computer interface company, is because of the experience that I had with my first company that was completely Completely non-invasive. And with my experience, this company still exists, but with my experience, I realized that having completely non-invasive technology would not lead us to the consumer brain computer interface, something that we envision in movies and books, something that that will unite eventually technology and the brain, because the precision of the signal is not that high. But at the same time, Knowing a lot about invasive implantable brain computer interface, I don't really believe that they would scale and people like healthy individuals like you and I would use it eventually for daily daily life activities.
That's why we were trying to find the solution that will lead us from the product to the technology, not vice versa, that would have a very precise signal. and would not require a surgery, that's how we started substance.
That's awesome. I love that. And subsense being your second company, what I took away here, took this a note is important that you stuck with that non-invasive approach to it. Obviously, a lot of people don't like to go to the doctors in the first place, but that's just one reason, for example, I sometimes don't like to go there unless I know it's going to be non invasive. You got into neurotech so that you could make a big impact here, a big difference in the world. And I'm glad you are. Are you here sharing that story today? Titiana, well, Neuralink, BlackRock, and Precision Neuroscience all require surgical implementation.
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Chapters
7 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:08–1:06
2
What inspired Tatiana Aleksandrova to pursue a career in neurotechnology and BCI?
1:06–2:36
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Why did she decide that non‑invasive BCI approaches were insufficient for consumer use?
2:36–5:22
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How did SubSense develop the nanoparticle‑based, intranasal brain‑computer interface?
5:22–8:03
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What technical challenges did the team face and how were they validated with multidisciplinary experts?
8:03–10:19
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How does SubSense ensure continuous consent, privacy, and data protection for users?
10:19–13:28
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What is the envisioned user experience—wearable hat, on/off control, and bi‑directional brain stimulation?
13:28–14:21
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