Akash Kulgod is the co-founder of Dognosis, where he leads R&D efforts to decode canine olfaction through wearable brain-computer interfaces and machine learning models, with the primary goal of creating capabilities for disease detection at scale. He studied Cognitive Science with Highest Honors at UC Berkeley, where he did research in computational neuroscience, cognitive linguistics, and psychedelic science. He is a 2x Emergent Ventures India grantee, and is currently based in Bangalore, India.