Backyard Brains

At a glance

Legal name

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1. v0 said 'Backyard Brains LLC'; not pinned in primary BYB sources

Updated: 2026-05-04

Aliases

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Type

private-startupverifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — About page (founders, founding year)https://backyardbrains.com/pages/about

Updated: 2026-05-04

Focus areas

education, developer-toolsverifiedSources (2)

1. Backyard Brains — official sitehttps://backyardbrains.com
2. Backyard Brains — Heart & Brain SpikerBoxhttps://backyardbrains.com/products/heartandbrainspikerbox

Updated: 2026-05-04

Founded

2009verifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — About page (founders, founding year)https://backyardbrains.com/pages/about

Updated: 2026-05-04

Defunct

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Spinout of

University of Michigan (Neural Engineering Lab)verifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — About page (founders, founding year)https://backyardbrains.com/pages/about

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ city

Ann ArborverifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — About page (founders, founding year)https://backyardbrains.com/pages/about

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ country

USverifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — About page (founders, founding year)https://backyardbrains.com/pages/about

Updated: 2026-05-04

Employees

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Flagship device

backyard-brains-spikerboxverifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — Heart & Brain SpikerBoxhttps://backyardbrains.com/products/heartandbrainspikerbox

Updated: 2026-05-04

Product lines

1verifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — Heart & Brain SpikerBoxhttps://backyardbrains.com/products/heartandbrainspikerbox

Updated: 2026-05-04

In-house manufacturing

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Open source

YesverifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — official sitehttps://backyardbrains.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

GitHub org

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Website

backyardbrains.comverifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — official sitehttps://backyardbrains.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Blog

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Support

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Devices

• non-invasiveEEG

  Heart and Brain SpikerBox

  backyard-brains

  2 channelsUSD 189.99

People

MilestonesverifiedSource

1. Backyard Brains — About page (founders, founding year)https://backyardbrains.com/pages/about

Updated: 2026-05-04

1. 2009

   Backyard Brains founded at the University of Michigan

   Greg Gage and Tim Marzullo create the first SpikerBox to make neuroscience teaching accessible.

Reputation

The de facto K-12 / undergraduate neuroscience-education brand. SpikerBox kits are pocket-priced ($150-$300) and used in tens of thousands of classrooms.