The science of
profound rest.

Somnara began in 2018 when neuroscientist Dr. Elena Voss and former aerospace engineer Marcus Hale met at a sleep research symposium in Zurich. Frustrated by the gap between clinical sleep studies and consumer solutions, they set out to close it.

With seed funding from three research institutions, the company was incorporated in Palo Alto. The first prototype — a sensor mattress topper capable of tracking micro-arousals — was completed within 13 months.