Temple’s tuning into mental fitness.
What’s happening: The Indian company raised $54M at a ~$190M valuation to launch a brain health-tracking device.
Flow state. Worn on the temple, Temple’s sensors analyze changes in cerebral blood flow to deliver real-time insights into focus, fatigue, and cognitive strain during physical exertion.
Claiming to surface signals existing wearables miss, founder Deepinder Goyal sees brain waves as the next frontier of training biometrics, calling the device “the ultimate wearable for high-performance athletes.”
Head first. Moving beyond biomarkers like sleep and heart rate, wearable makers are optimizing daily performance with metrics the wrist can’t measure.
Temple joins blood flow-tracking gear from hormonal health-focused Incora and acuity-centered Lumia — while going head to head in the performance space with Neurable’s EEG headphones and Atlas’s behind-the-ear sensor, which entered the NBA’s Launchpad incubator to measure player readiness and cognitive load.
Punchline: Tracking mind in motion, Temple is pushing wearable tech into uncharted territory. If it can deliver on its science, the brain could become a treasure trove of training data.
