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Horizon Quantum's Hiring Philosophy and Company Principles
Fitzsimons explains his largest team is physicists, mostly transitioning from academia, and describes rewriting a values document that wasn't driving behavior, taking cues from Amazon's leadership principles and Google's 'things we know to be true'. The eight resulting principles — including 'tackle hard problems and persevere', 'debate, discuss, disagree, then commit', and 'drive progress and get your hands dirty' — encode startup logic where the real risk is moving too slowly. The principles are published on the website and used to screen for alignment when hiring.
Connect2Me Health Out of Stealth: Brain Tracking and a $2M Raise
Rufus and Juliette announce Connect2Me Health has come out of stealth with a $2m fundraise. Rufus describes the AI/ML platform, which integrates neuroimaging with lifestyle, wearable and contextual data to track how the brain changes over time and mitigate trajectories toward neurological disease. Asked why neurotech lags wearables like Whoop, he points to accessibility, monitoring cadence and actionability — framing brain tracking like a regular eye or blood test — while Juliette outlines use cases in clinics (continuous objective monitoring replacing one-off cognitive tests), elite sports teams, and device/platform partnerships.