
Lucid is a media and wellness platform that aims to connect people to content in a more meaningful way, moving beyond mass media's disconnectedness and profit-driven algorithms. Leveraging emotive AI, Lucid offers a mindful streaming app for consumers and adaptive media solutions for businesses and venues. The platform focuses on content that is emotionally resonant and culturally significant, supporting artists and filmmakers by ensuring fair compensation as the company grows. Lucid's approach is to provide screen time that serves the user, fostering experiences that calm the mind, inspire moments, and elevate spaces, all while being ad-free.

Lucid is a media and wellness platform that aims to connect people to content in a more meaningful way, moving beyond mass media's disconnectedness and profit-driven algorithms. Leveraging emotive AI, Lucid offers a mindful streaming app for consumers and adaptive media solutions for businesses and venues. The platform focuses on content that is emotionally resonant and culturally significant, supporting artists and filmmakers by ensuring fair compensation as the company grows. Lucid's approach is to provide screen time that serves the user, fostering experiences that calm the mind, inspire moments, and elevate spaces, all while being ad-free.
Product: Emotive-AI powered consumer streaming app plus B2B 'Lucid Spaces' for venues
Founding: Founded July 2023 by Indy Sanders and Asia Stewart
HQ: New York / Brooklyn
Team size: Approximately 8 employees
Funding: Early-stage backing including Techstars and Antler; convertible note closed Feb 17, 2025
Media, wellness, and content personalization using emotion/mood signals
2023
Media / Wellness / Streaming
Company materials reference a convertible note closed on Feb 17, 2025; reporting indicates early investments from Techstars and Antler and angel participation.
“Early-stage backing from Techstars and Antler; additional angel participation reported”