aid: ctrl-labs
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ctrl-labs.png
name: CTRL-labs *
description: 'CTRL-labs was a neurotechnology company founded in 2015 in New York City (originally
  Cognescent) by Thomas Reardon, Patrick Kaifosh, and Tim Machado, building a non-invasive neural
  interface: a wrist-worn band that reads surface electromyography (sEMG) signals from motor neurons
  to decode intended hand and finger movements for human-computer interaction. Its developer hardware
  was the CTRL-kit, and it acquired the Myo armband patents from North. In fall 2019 CTRL-labs was
  acquired by Facebook and folded into Facebook (now Meta) Reality Labs, where the technology became
  the basis of Meta''s neuromotor wristband for AR glasses (detailed in a July 2025 Nature paper).
  The company no longer operates as an independent entity and publishes no public API, SDK, or developer
  platform; this record is retained as an acquired-company lead.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ctrl-labs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
- matrix-partners
- spark-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: meta
x-acquired-year: 2019
x-enrichment-note: 'Defunct as an independent company; absorbed into Meta Reality Labs in 2019. No
  live website (ctrl-labs.com serves only a static memorial page via CloudFront), no public API, no
  first-party SDK/package (npm/PyPI none; the github.com/ctrl-labs org holds only archived third-party
  tooling forks). No API artifacts could be searched, generated, or derived without fabrication.'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Frontier Tech
- Neurotechnology
- Neural Interface
- Electromyography
- Wearables
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Augmented Reality
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ctrl-labs.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ctrl-labs
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence