Doris Tsao

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cortical geometer

Berkeley, CA astera.org/neuroscience/ Joined October 2016

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Doris Tsao @doristsao Dec 10, 2025

I am deeply excited to share that I will be joining @AsteraInstitute to start a new effort to understand how the brain generates consciousness and intelligence.

Astera Institute Verified account @AsteraInstitute Dec 10, 2025

We’re launching Astera Neuro, a new neuroscience research effort led by @doristsao as Chief Scientist. Our aim is to unravel a profound scientific mystery: how the brain transforms sensory inputs into conscious experience.

Advancing this work could illuminate the computational principles that drive perception and cognition and inspire approaches for neuroscience-informed AI research, potentially generating new pathways to AGI.

Astera will support this work with $600M+ over the next decade. Read more: astera.org/neuroscientist…
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Doris Tsao @doristsao 4d

Imagining myself reading this ten years ago through a crystal globe, and dying of curiosity. How lucky we are!

David Bau @davidbau 4d

It's been such a lovely fall and I'm afraid I haven't done nearly enough entertaining. Things have been so hectic, with the singularity going on and everything.

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Doris Tsao @doristsao Oct 27

"What we [in neurotech] do in the next ten years will determine how AI and humans co-exist" - Juan Benet.

I couldn't agree more. Juan and team @protocollabs are true visionaries pushing forward this incomparably important frontier.

Juan Benet Verified account @juanbenet Oct 27

Neurotech is Humanity’s Next Frontier!

I’ve been investing in neurotech since 2021 and working with teams building BCIs, NeuroAI, and connectomics. It now feels like AI did in ~2019.

We are entering an extraordinary era: neurotech already restores functions, it can enhance our capabilities, and will evolve what it means to be human.

PLC Neurotech is the fund backing the extraordinary founders and defining companies of this booming industry.

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Doris Tsao @doristsao Oct 21

FYI, for those wondering: we are working on organizing everything, and will be releasing data and code for our paper on Monday 10/26/26.

Doris Tsao @doristsao Oct 19

Thank you, Brendon! This is amazing 🥹. I just showed it to my son who is in 4th grade.

Brendon Burchard Verified account @BrendonBurchard Oct 18

@doristsao explainer video with some possibilities, for 4th graders

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