I built the device I needed.

The story

I was sixteen.

A long day of summer football workouts. A drive home on the highway. Then my first stress-induced epileptic seizure, behind the wheel.

My car flipped four times before it hit the median.
I walked away.

Nine months later I was diagnosed with frontal-lobe epilepsy. Stress, I learned, is my most consistent trigger.

Here’s the hard part. The warning sign I most needed to catch was the one I was worst at noticing. By the time I felt stress, it already had hold of me.

So I went looking for something that would catch it for me. Trackers showed me a chart afterward. Apps asked me to stop what I was doing and breathe. But stress never waited for a quiet moment. It showed up mid-conversation, in class, on the field.

Every device assumed I’d be at my best in the moment I was at my worst.

I wanted something that would notice for me and respond on its own, so I wouldn’t have to. Nothing did. So I started building it.

Three prototypes later, AcuSera is my full-time work. I was recruited to play college football. I chose this instead.

I’m building it for anyone who has felt stress get ahead of them. The nurse who can’t leave the floor. The first responder between calls. The student walking into an exam. The person who just wants their day back.

You shouldn’t have to notice in time. That’s AcuSera’s job.

Join the Founders Club and be first to wear it.

Zaydan Ahmed, founder of AcuSera, Overland Park, Kansas

AcuSera is a wellness device built for everyday stress. It isn’t designed to detect, predict, or prevent seizures.