Biotech / Pharma

ni2o

Biotech / Pharma · McLean, VA

Brain-computer-interface medical device (wirelessly charged/connected deep-brain implant) for neurological disorders + cognitive enhancement; commercializing Dr. Newton Howard's IP. Former CEO Russ Hayward.

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The DMV is built around a single fact: it's the seat of the federal government, and the intelligence and defense agencies headquartered there are the region's actual economic anchor, not a side industry. Georgetown, George Mason, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins up in Baltimore all feed a workforce that skews toward cleared, government-adjacent technical work most other regions don't have.

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