Mindstate Design Labs
YC S21 ↗San Francisco, US · Founded 2021 · Delaware corporation · 7 employees · 4 known investors
Mindstate Design Labs is a clinical-stage drug development company that uses AI to map the biological basis of emotion and cognition, synthesizing psychedelic phenomenology and biochemical data to design pharmaceutical compounds that induce specific therapeutic emotional and cognitive states for mental health treatment.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMental HealthMachine LearningMental Health TechTherapeuticsAIin /mindstate-design-labs@MindstateDesignycombinator.com ↗
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
Investors · 4
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements▶$12.7MraisedNov 2024 · 43 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$12.7MraisedNov 2024 · 43 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Dillan DiNardoExecutive Officer, Director
- Rand HindiDirector
- Thomas RayDirector
- Offering amount
- $15.1M
- Amount sold
- $12.7M
- First sale
- Nov 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
In the news
- Psychedelics Without the Trip? Heavyweights Like Neuralink, Coinbase, Twitch Back AI Startup Developing 'Least Psychedelic Psychedelic' Drugfinance.yahoo.com · 2025
- A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip | WIREDwired.com · 2025
- Mindstate Design Labs Secures $11.5 Million in Seed Funding for Innovative Psychedelic Therapeutics | Signalbasetrysignalbase.com · 2024
- FDA gives an early nod to psychedelic research - The Washington Postwashingtonpost.com · 2024
- Mindstate heads to the clinic with first AI-derived psychedelicfiercebiotech.com · 2024
- Transforming Psychedelics into Approved Medicinesgenengnews.com · 2022
- Are Hallucinogen Look-Alikes Illegal? DEA Delay Creates Limbobloomberg.com · 2022
- Psychedelics Provide New Frontier For Venture Funding, But Nuances Prevailnews.crunchbase.com · 2022
