Ariel Garten

Ariel Garten is the Co-Founder and CEO of Muse, a leading consumer neurotechnology and meditation company. With a background in neuroscience, psychotherapy, and art, Ariel is dedicated to bringing easy-to-use and accessible tools for well-being to the masses. Ariel’s unique background has taken her from working in neuroscience research labs to owning a fashion design label, to being the female founder and CEO of a Silicon Valley-backed brain-computer interface tech start-up, InteraXon, the technology that sparked the creation of Muse. Muse, the brain-sensing headband is an award-winning wearable technology that assists and trains meditation. It’s used by hundreds of thousands of people, including the Mayo Clinic and NASA, to track the brain and teach meditation.

Ariel is consistently invited to share her unique insights in keynotes around the world speaking about happiness, meditation, how the brain works, empowering women in business, and so forth. Additionally, she is a host of the Untangle podcast, where she guides audiences on how an understanding of your brain and how it works can help improve your life. Of note, Ariel and Muse have had over 1000 media appearances on sites like CNN, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.