Startup spotlight • SOVN

✨ Introducing SOVN: A solution for teeth grinding and clenching!

SOVN is changing how we approach sleep, offering a smart solution for teeth grinding and clenching (bruxism), a widespread issue affecting many.

🚀 Why SOVN matters:

  • SOVN originated from a personal experience with bruxism, leading to a clever technology that detects and gently interrupts grinding episodes.
  • Their focus evolved; it’s not just about interventions during sleep. SOVN provides crucial insights, helping users identify and shift personal triggers and habits that contribute to grinding, leading to lasting improvements.
  • Imagine a personalized sleep “system” that fine-tunes your sensory experience (light, sound, temperature) for optimal rest. SOVN is pioneering this tailored path to better sleep.
  • In ten years, SOVN aims to have supported millions in achieving better sleep, making a significant difference in overall well-being.

Meet the dedicated minds behind SOVN: a purpose-driven team committed to using their skills to help millions sleep better. They’re building a future where everyone wakes up feeling refreshed.

How did the spark of innovation for SOVN come about and how has that initial vision evolved as you’ve faced the early challenges and insights from your market?

The inspiration came from my personal struggle with teeth grinding and clenching during sleep. My co-founder and I began with the question: “Can we develop a technology that detects and disrupts these episodes?” The core vision of delivering better sleep is still the same, but our approach has evolved as we learned from our multiple iterations and from our customers. Our focus has shifted to not only providing a product that intervenes during sleep but also offering valuable insights that help users identify and change personal triggers and habits that contribute to teeth grinding and clenching. By providing this type of holistic solution, we empower users to achieve lasting improvements in their sleep and overall well-being.

Looking ahead, what technological leaps or breakthroughs do you dream of achieving to fundamentally reshape the future of sleep health?

We are imagining a personalized sleep “system” that delivers tailored stimuli to optimize each individual’s sleep. It might sound a bit like science fiction, but imagine a system that can optimize your key sensory experiences – light, sound, temperature – so you wake up always refreshed. We think the components are there, but we need to connect the ecosystem and adjust their settings specific to individual’s sleep requirements and responses to stimuli.

If you could fast-forward ten years, what does the world look like because SOVN exists, and what would your dream team be?

In ten years, we hope that we’ve helped millions of people achieve better sleep. As for the team, we believe the dream team is a group of purpose-driven individuals who are passionate about using their talents and skills to further our mission to help millions sleep better. And in that sense, we feel we already have the dream team, though we’re always open to growing our team. So if you’re a sleep tech nerd, come and join us!

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