# Motif Neurotech: robotics company

Canonical ID: `0cd83b28-d0e9-4f17-be61-c9d20d2b618f`

## Key facts

- **FDA:** IDE approved April 2026
- **Indication:** Treatment-resistant depression
- **Program:** ARPA-H behavioral health
- **Origin:** Rice University research

- **Slug:** motif-neurotech
- **Founded:** 2022
- **HQ:** Houston, Texas, USA
- **Category:** [Biometric wearables](/biometric-wearables)

## Models

- [Motif BCI](/models/motif-bci.md) (biometric) (id: `4e82b737-eeed-40fa-96b8-c426df7e5c52`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Sameer Sheth](/people/sameer-sheth.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Jacob Robinson](/people/jacob-robinson.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is Motif Neurotech?

Motif Neurotech is a Houston-based brain-computer interface company developing an implantable therapeutic BCI for treatment-resistant depression. Its [Motif BCI](/models/motif-bci) XCS System is a wirelessly-powered implant delivering electrical stimulation to brain circuits linked to depression. FDA approved its first clinical trial (RESONATE) in April 2026, making Motif the fastest implantable BCI company from founding to IDE approval.

### What does Motif Neurotech make?

Motif Neurotech has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Motif BCI (Motif Neurotech builds physical robots).

### Where is Motif Neurotech headquartered?

Motif Neurotech is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA.

### Where does Motif Neurotech operate robots?

Motif Neurotech is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Motif Neurotech a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Motif Neurotech ranks in roughly the top 90% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Motif Neurotech founded?

Motif Neurotech was founded in 2022.


## Sources (1)

1. https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/brain-computer-interface-based-rice-research-wins-fda-approval-first-clinical-trial

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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