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Daniel Chow

Operating Partner, Palo Santo · 1 appearance on the record.

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Daniel Chao co-founded and served as CEO of Halo Neuroscience, leading the creation of the Halo Sport neuropriming headset. A physician and neuroscientist who earlier helped develop closed-loop seizure treatment devices at NeuroPace, he currently invests in clinical mental health solutions at Palo Santo.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 3 not checkable as stated how the 4 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

4 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Daniel argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Chow: Combining electrical stimulation with Zoloft outperforms either treatment alone for depression
“There's a really interesting paper That came out about two years ago that looked at the treatment of major depression. And it's a two by two factorial design, 120 subjects, 30 in one of four groups. You either got electrical stimulation alone, or you got Zolof…”
Daniel Chow Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:46 a16z Podcast | The Future of... You

Everything Daniel Chow said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chow: Halo's neurostimulation headset accelerates learning for any movement-based skill
“So, you know, sort of anything movement-based, we could accelerate the rate at which you learn.”
Daniel Chow Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:21 a16z Podcast | The Future of... You
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chow: Halo Neuroscience uses electrical brain stimulation to induce hyperlearning
“Specifically, we build technologies that use electricity to stimulate the brain and produce temporary states of hyperlearning.”
Daniel Chow Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:47 a16z Podcast | The Future of... You
Assertion Supported
Chow: Combining electrical stimulation with Zoloft outperforms either treatment alone for depression
“There's a really interesting paper That came out about two years ago that looked at the treatment of major depression. And it's a two by two factorial design, 120 subjects, 30 in one of four groups. You either got electrical stimulation alone, or you got Zolof…”
Daniel Chow Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:46 a16z Podcast | The Future of... You
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chow: Neurosurgical teams, artists, and musicians requested Halo's neurostimulation technology
“We've had, ah, neurosurgical teams reach out to us asking if they could use this technology to train the next generation neurosurgeons. We've had artists Reach out to us to see if they could more gracefully move a brush over canvas. We've had musicians to help…”
Daniel Chow Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:02 a16z Podcast | The Future of... You

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | The Future of... You Jan 2, 2019 1m
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