Thursday Gathering #30

Venture Cafe Edinburgh's weekly Thursday Gathering at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, this edition themed Neurotech Night and powered by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency. Free and open-door from 17:00 to 20:00, no application. The programme runs in parallel: an Innovator Showcase featuring NeuroStripe, whose chipsets do neural recording, stimulation and on-chip signal decoding at once; NeuroArt, an interactive piece where brain and body signals drive digital artwork, with no technical experience needed; a 30-minute practical workshop from Jake Barrett-Mills of Ailsa on where grants fit a funding plan and how not to become dependent on them; and a welcome from director Claudia Cavalluzzo at 18:00. Why go: the usual reliable Thursday room, with a neurotech slant that puts a live chipset company and an Edinburgh research crowd in the same space. Best for deeptech founders, researchers and anyone chasing grant funding.