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Bob Schafer
FounderCEO at Prophecy Sciences
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedProphecy Sciences · YC
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About
Bob Schafer is the Chief Executive Officer of Lumos Labs, the company behind Lumosity, and holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford with postdoctoral research completed at MIT. He previously founded Prophecy Sciences, a Y Combinator company, and at Lumos Labs established the digital medicine business and led development of LumosityRx, a digital therapeutic for adults with ADHD that received FDA 510(k) clearance in June 2025 following two multi-site clinical trials. Under his leadership, Lumosity has reached 120 million users, and the company's Human Cognition Project has supported research contributing to more than 175 peer-reviewed articles.
CEO at Prophecy SciencesYC W13
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Bob went through Y Combinator (Winter 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bob Schafer?
- Bob Schafer is the Chief Executive Officer of Lumos Labs, the company behind Lumosity, and holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford with postdoctoral research completed at MIT. He previously founded Prophecy Sciences, a Y Combinator company, and at Lumos Labs established the digital medicine business and led development of LumosityRx, a digital therapeutic for adults with ADHD that received FDA 510(k) clearance in June 2025 following two multi-site clinical trials. Under his leadership, Lumosity has reached 120 million users, and the company's Human Cognition Project has supported research contributing to more than 175 peer-reviewed articles.
- Where does Bob Schafer work?
- Bob Schafer is CEO of Prophecy Sciences.
- What companies did Bob Schafer found?
- Bob Schafer founded Prophecy Sciences.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,638
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Stanford University mafia2,297
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Stanford University School of Medicine mafia89
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Lumosity mafia3
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