Fluent Raises $2M AUD to Advance Subscalp Speech BCI

Summary

Melbourne-based Fluent raised A$2 million in pre-seed funding to advance InScribe, a subscalp EEG speech brain-computer interface that sits under the skin above the skull and uses multimodal AI to decode attempted speech. The less-invasive approach targets ALS, stroke and other speech impairments, with first-in-human studies planned later in 2026.