NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eight Sleep, the world’s first sleep fitness company, announces the additions of Dr. Andrew Huberman, Dr. Matthew Walker, and Dr. Peter Attia to its Scientific Advisory Board. This milestone underscores the company’s ongoing commitment to integrating cutting-edge scientific research into its product development, further solidifying its leadership in sleep technology and pushing the limits on optimizing sleep. Leveraging its research and development lab located in Boston, Eight Sleep has become the pioneer in sleep fitness, with over ten patents built into its products (and another 22 underway) that have been clinically proven to improve sleep quality, increase REM and deep sleep, and reduce snoring.
With a foundation built on over 500 million hours of sleep data, Eight Sleep boasts one of the largest sleep datasets in the world today. This extensive database has led to nearly 30 papers and studies published in the last two years, including a recent peer-reviewed paper demonstrating that the Pod - Eight Sleep’s signature product - increases deep, light and REM sleep and enhances cardiovascular recovery. Welcoming some of the most renowned sleep and health experts in the world to Eight Sleep’s Scientific Advisory Board comes as a natural next step as the company continues to advance sleep science and human potential by developing the next generation of the most powerful and effective sleep technology.
"At Eight Sleep, we’ve transformed how people sleep and ultimately perform, and we’re just getting started. Our relentless drive to continually evolve our products is at the core of our mission. The additions of Dr. Huberman, Dr. Attia, and Dr. Walker—leading scientists in neuroscience, longevity, and sleep science—to our Scientific Advisory Board will supercharge our research and development,” said Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, Matteo Franceschetti. “People constantly complain about different issues that get in the way of their sleep—it’s a huge problem that we’ve made great strides in solving. But there is so much more we can build into our solutions to continue to improve people’s lives. We’re not just dreaming about the future of sleep—we’re making it happen, creating life-changing technologies that help everyone achieve better health."
Highlighting the transformative power of sleep, Dr. Andrew Huberman, a distinguished neuroscientist and professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the #1 Health & Fitness podcast, Huberman Lab, stated that "Quality sleep is the foundation of physical health, mental health, and performance. Eight Sleep excels in both monitoring and actively improving sleep quality. As a loyal user, I deeply believe in Eight Sleep’s mission to help people improve their sleep with innovative, easy-to-use technology. As part of the Scientific Advisory Board, I am excited to work closely with this world-class team to help improve the sleep and health of millions of people worldwide."
Dr. Matthew Walker, the world’s leading sleep scientist, author of the book Why We Sleep, and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, emphasized the rapid advancements. "Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do each day to rest our brain and body health. It is a real privilege to partner with Eight Sleep and its technology advances to optimize human sleep. Recognizing that everyone sleeps differently, their creation of a technology that provides a personalized blueprint for optimal sleep is exciting to me. I’m thrilled to join the team and the other advisors. I look forward to supporting their mission to improve sleep for better overall health."
This announcement comes during a period of significant growth for Eight Sleep, highlighted by the recent launch of the Pod 4 Ultra. Underlying the Pod technology is Autopilot 3.0, the intelligence behind the Pod that personalizes the user experience for optimal recovery. Leveraging advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence, Autopilot is trained on over 1.2 million hours of sleep data to make real-time temperature adjustments based on sleep trends, personal patterns, and environmental factors. This ensures users achieve more time in each sleep phase, delivering the best sleep possible, every night.
“Nutrition and exercise are important, but sleep should never be overlooked,” added Dr. Peter Attia, a leading longevity and health optimization expert. "My work has always focused on enhancing both lifespan and the quality of health. I believe that proactive health measures can profoundly impact overall well-being. I am thrilled to join the Eight Sleep Scientific Advisory Board and contribute to their mission as leaders in innovative sleep technologies that are instrumental in improving both short- and long-term health outcomes."
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About Eight Sleep
Eight Sleep is the world's first sleep fitness company developing hardware, software, and AI technologies to improve sleep. Its signature product, the Pod, powers pro athletes and everyday high performers around the globe, including the top American Tennis player Taylor Fritz, the EF Pro Cycling team, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Patrick Peterson, Brock Purdy, and Chelsea Gray. Eight Sleep was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and recognized two years in a row by TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year.” Eight Sleep is available in the United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and other US territories), European Union (excluding Cyprus, Greece, and Malta), Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia via eightsleep.com.
About Dr. Huberman
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology and, by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning.
Huberman is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award in 2017, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision. His lab’s most recent work focuses on the influence of vision and respiration on brain states such as fear and high attention focus and developing rapid and effective tools for mitigating stress and improving sleep and other physiological metrics.
In 2021, Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.
About Dr. Walker
Matthew Walker, a British scientist, earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Medical Research Council in the UK and subsequently became a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is currently Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. Matt’s research focuses on the effect of sleep on human health and disease, brain, and body.
Walker has published more than 100 scientific research studies and has received numerous funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. He was recently awarded the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization. Matt has given a main-stage TED Talk that has been viewed over 14 million times, has also created several TED Miniseries on sleep, a Master Class series on sleep, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Why We Sleep. Matt is also the host of the 5-star-rated, The Matt Walker Podcast.
About Dr. Attia
Peter Attia, M.D., is the founder of Early Medical, a medical practice that applies the principles of Medicine 3.0 to patients with the goal of simultaneously lengthening their lifespan and increasing their healthspan.
He is the host of The Drive, one of the most popular podcasts covering the topics of health and medicine.
He is also the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
Dr. Attia received his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine and trained for five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in general surgery, where he was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including resident of the year.
He spent two years at the National Institutes of Health as a surgical oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute, where his research focused on immune-based therapies for melanoma.
