michael callahan
CEO in San Francisco, California
michael callahan
CEO in San Francisco, California
Michael Callahan is a mobile innovator determined to change the world. He began inventing at age 5, tried to file his first patent at age 17, started his first company at 22, and made national headlines at 23.
His goal is to enable all of the world's communication in order to empower people to change the world for the better. His first technology, a device called the Audeo, is being developed as the next generation of cell phone technology. The Audeo captures neurological information from the brain that it translates into speech. Callahan performed the world's first voiceless cell phone call and was named Popular Science's Inventions of the Year. Marc Andreessen, founder of the first commercial internet browser, Netscape, stated "I have a feeling that someday, this may be up there with 'Come here, Watson, I need you.'"
During development of this technology, he founded a company to enable all of the world's communication. He is backed by the top investors behind Google, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as celebrities from Justin Timberlake, Will Smith, Eminem, and Tyra Banks. Valued at over $100M, his company has developed multiple pioneering technologies, connecting millions of people each day.
Michael Callahan graduated with a BS, and MS in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was named most promising technology entrepreneurship by the college of Engineering, Student of the Year by EE Times, and the first student from the University of Illinois to be awarded by the prestigious MIT-Lemelson Foundation for Outstanding Innovation. His work has been licensed by multiple Fortune 100 companies as well as featured on CNN, Popular Science, and Wired Magazine.