Neuroscientist, Venture Investor & Former DARPA Program Manager; General Partner & Chief Investment Officer at Satori Neuro

Annapolis, MD, USA
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Dr. Amy Kruse Biography

Dr. Amy Kruse is a neuroscientist, venture investor, and innovation leader whose expertise spans mental health, neurotechnology, brain-computer interfaces, and human performance. She is General Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Satori Neuro, a venture fund investing in mental health, neurotechnology, and human flourishing. Kruse serves on the boards of nine companies shaping the future of brain health, including Paradromics, Motif Neurotech, Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, and Apollo Neuro. She is also an independent director of Kitware, a leader in AI and computer vision.

Kruse began her career as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). There she coined the term "Operational Neuroscience" and created the agency's first performance-oriented neuroscience programs. Her work produced breakthroughs in accelerated learning, augmented cognition, and neuromodulation, including methods that cut the time novices need to gain expert-level skills. Kruse went on to serve as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Cubic Global Defense and as Chief Scientific Officer of Optios. She then joined Prime Movers Lab as a General Partner and led life sciences investing in human augmentation and longevity across three funds. Her investments there included Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, realized in a $1.2 billion transaction with AbbVie.

Kruse sits on the External Oversight Committee for the NIH Blueprint MedTech program and is an expert reviewer for ARIA, the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency. She advises teams pursuing ARPA-H programs. She served on the Defense Science Board Summer Study on Autonomy and on a National Academies committee on human-machine decision making. For more than a decade she briefed the National Intelligence Council and the Army Science Board every year. Her DARPA work earned her the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service and the DARPA Director's Award for Outstanding Portfolio of Programs. Kruse has written numerous scientific papers, book chapters, and articles, and she writes New in Human Flourishing, a newsletter on the science and business of brain health.

Kruse holds a BS in Cell and Structural Biology and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/07/2026.

Dr. Amy Kruse Speaking Topics

  • Brain Breakthroughs: The Next Era of Mental Health

    How psychedelics, neuromodulation, and digital therapeutics are changing treatment, and where the smart money is going.

  • Wiring the Future: The Brain-Computer Interface Moment

    An insider's view of BCIs: what's real, what's hype, and what comes next for medicine and human performance.

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Dr. Amy Kruse Videos

Brain Breakthroughs: Investing in New Mental Health Technology with Dr. Amy Kruse | 63 | Karena Dawn

Brain Breakthroughs: Investing in New Mental Health Technology with Dr. Amy Kruse | 63 | Karena Dawn

Today’s guest Dr. Amy Kruse is the General Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Satori Neuro, a stage-agnostic venture fund focused on mental...

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