Orbit
Entrepreneur First '24London, GB · Founded 2024 · 3 known investors
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Orbit is developing a brain-computer interface and accompanying models that decode emotional states. The company's goal is to make emotional context available in human interactions and in the products people use. Its investors include founders and executives from companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Hugging Face, Stability AI, and Dropbox.
Also known as Orbit Neuro
Founders & leadership
Orbit was founded in 2024 by Akshat Sharma and Dipanshu Gandhi.


Investors · 3
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Orbit (orbitneuro.com) is a London-headquartered company founded in 2024 that is developing a brain-computer interface together with accompanying models intended to decode human emotional states. The stated aim is to make emotional context available both in interactions between people and within the products they use.
None of the source documents retrieved for this profile describe this company. The retrieved material concerns unrelated organisations that share the "Orbit" name — Orbit Fab (in-space satellite refuelling, Colorado), Orbital Industries (AI-designed industrial hardware, London), Orbit Partners (private capital advisory), Orbit Ventures/Orbit Startups (emerging-markets investor), Virgin Orbit (defunct air-launch provider) and Orbit Technologies Ltd (Israeli satellite communications, being acquired by Kratos). These sources were disregarded as name twins, so no externally sourced rounds, metrics or events could be recorded.
▸Full profile — technology, geography, risks & controversies
Technology
Orbit is developing a brain-computer interface and associated decoding models for emotional states. No further technical detail is available from the sources reviewed.
Geography
The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Risks & controversies
The company name collides with several unrelated entities also called Orbit, Orbit Fab, Orbital Industries, Orbit Partners, Virgin Orbit and Orbit Technologies, which complicates public-source verification.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
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primary sources listed
- Orbit Fab Closes Series A Funding Round of $28.5 Millionorbitfab.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Orbit do?
- London-based Orbit is building a brain-computer interface and models that decode emotional states.
- Who founded Orbit?
- Orbit was founded by Akshat Sharma, Dipanshu Gandhi in 2024.
- Who are Orbit's investors?
- Orbit's investors include Entrepreneur First, Headwater Ventures, Stride Capital.
- Where is Orbit headquartered?
- Orbit is headquartered in London, GB.

