Audicin lands $1.9M to make real-time nervous-system regulation a built-in layer for wearables and partner apps
Audicin is scaling its brainwave-entrainment resilience and recovery technology across consumer and enterprise deployments, including secure, phone-free environments. It delivers sessions through psychoacoustic protocols that combine engineered audio and original music, and is rolling out Audicin for Apps, an SDK that brings real-time recovery into third-party platforms.
AUSTIN, Texas (April 1st, 2026) – Audicin, a Finnish neurotech startup using brainwave entrainment and music neuroscience for real-time focus, productivity, stress recovery and sleep, today announced $1.9 million (€1.6M) in funding. The round includes private investment, follow-on participation from Oura ring co-founder Petteri Lahtela and Virpi Tuomivaara, and support from Business Finland’s selective Deep Tech Accelerator, which provides phased funding tied to technical and commercial milestones. The raise builds on Audicin’s earlier pre-seed round backed by Oura’s founding team, bringing total funding to approximately $3 million.
The financing will accelerate the commercialization of Audicin’s app and Sleep Headband, and the rollout of Audicin for Apps, a lightweight SDK that enables digital health, performance, and consumer platforms to integrate real-time regulation protocols directly into their user experiences. Rather than requiring users to carve out time for wellness, the SDK allows sessions to run passively, triggered by biometric signals, time of day, or in-app events – for example, initiating recovery support after intense cognitive tasks, before sleep programs, or during high-stress workflows.
The integration requires no new hardware, positioning nervous-system support as a seamless part of everyday life. Audicin pairs with wearables, including Oura, Apple Watch, Garmin, and Whoop, using physiological signals to dynamically adapt sessions composed from original music, precision-engineered binaural frequencies, and immersive spatial sound. For secure, phone-free environments – including deployments in healthcare and defense settings – the company is piloting a standalone, offline, Bluetooth-free Sleep Headband with a pre-installed eight-hour recovery program built around a 1Hz delta protocol associated with deep sleep.
Audicin’s technology combines brainwave entrainment, auditory engineering, and music neuroscience to deliver real-time background listening sessions that support nervous-system regulation around the clock.
“The nervous system doesn’t switch on only when something goes wrong. It’s working all day, adapting to cognitive load, decisions, and stress signals, “ said Laura Avonius, CEO of Audicin. “Audicin is designed to run in the background of real life, helping regulate that load in the moment, not just after the fact. This financing lets us scale into the environments where regulation is hardest to maintain, including phone-restricted settings, and bring this capability into the platforms people already rely on.”
Audicin is already demonstrating strong commercial traction, with an established $8 million sales pipeline across defense, athletic performance, and wellness clinic segments. Since launching Audicin 2.0 in late 2025, the company has grown without paid acquisition, increasing users by 40% in 12 weeks and more than doubling iOS revenue over the past 90 days. Users are coming back consistently – averaging 5.5 sessions per week – with a 69% subscription renewal rate and strong week-one retention. Growth has been driven primarily by earned discovery, alongside surging demand for Audicin’s offline device.
“Allied Federal Solutions is excited to partner with Audicin to bring innovative sleep technology solutions to the Defense and Veterans communities. Sleep health is a critical component of operational readiness, recovery, and long-term wellness for service members and veterans,” said Michael Alberi, CEO of Allied Federal Solutions. “Audicin’s platform represents a promising approach to improving sleep outcomes through scalable, technology-driven solutions that can support both clinical research and broader wellness initiatives across the military and VA.”
Kasia Pokrop, founder of Mamamoon, a digital postpartum support platform offering guided recovery programs for new mothers, said: “Audicin has been a beautiful and highly valuable addition to the Mamamoon app. Its science-backed audio journeys offer a simple, innovative way to promote deep rest and wellbeing through sound, while also enriching the postpartum experience and engagement inside our digital program. Working with Laura and the Audicin team was fast, thoughtful, and incredibly efficient. The integration was smooth, and within no time, our community could already enjoy the benefits.”
“Audicin doesn’t depend on user effort or ideal conditions,” said Petteri Lahtela, co-founder of the Oura ring. “It functions more like infrastructure: something that can operate during work, rest, and in restricted environments. That’s fundamentally different from tools that require carving out time for wellness, and it’s why we see strong potential both in enterprise deployments and through Audicin for Apps as platforms begin integrating real-time nervous system support directly into their products.”
Audicin’s research and product development are led by Dr. Victoria Williamson, Co-founder and Chief Scientist, a music psychologist and neuroscientist whose work focuses on how sound influences the brain and nervous system. The company is supported by a Medical Advisory Board spanning applied physiology, clinical practice, and wearable analytics, including Dr. Hannu Kinnunen, former Chief Scientific Officer at Oura; Joel Naukkarinen, MD, an eight-time world champion; and Dr. Jenni Hyysalo.
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For additional information:
● Laura Avonius, CEO of Audicin|US: +1 (512) 788 8049|Finland: +358 44 796 0069 laura@audicin.com
About Audicin
Founded in Finland in 2022, Audicin develops neurotechnology designed to support real-time stress recovery and sleep through brainwave-entrainment audio protocols grounded in auditory neuroscience and music psychology. Audicin’s app pairs with wearables to deliver personalized recovery sessions, while its offline headband device enables use in secure, phone-free environments. With Audicin for Apps, Audicin also offers an SDK that enables third-party platforms to embed its recovery protocols directly into their products. The company’s commercial and go-to-market operations are based in Austin, Texas. Learn more at www.audicin.com.
