We are building
the future of
preventive and precision medicine

Based on our team's decades of research and clinical work on the autonomic nervous system—the body’s control center—we’re leveraging its signals as early indicators of chronic disease and human performance uniquely for each person. Trained on the largest FDA-approved autonomic dataset, our groundbreaking AI model analyzes millions of daily autonomic signals through consumer wearables, converting them into powerful tools to prevent and manage disease and elevate human vitality like never before.

Our founding Story

Mission-driven founders

In December 2013, during a new year’s meditation retreat in upstate New York, Sab Kanaujia, a veteran digital media entrepreneur facing a personal crisis, met three people who would change his life forever. Bob Thurman and Sharon Salzberg, the two giants in the Western mindfulness space, who were leading the retreat, and a humanitarian officer from the United Nations, who would become his wife within 10 months. Sharon became their daughter’s godmother, and Bob the inspiration behind the birth of Mindwell Labs, the pre-cursor to Autonomic Health. Bob connected Sab to his former Columbia University student and neuroscientist, Dr. Shaun Nanavati, and Nena, Bob’s wife, came up with the name for the company.

1965

The 1st Western
Buddhist monk

1991 (MIT)

The 1st East-West
dialogue on mind science

2019

Inspires the birth of
Autonomic Health's precursor

Prof. Bob Thurman

“One of the 25 most influential
Americans.” TIME 1997

Conferred one of the highest civilian awards in India, Padma Shri (2020)

“The Leading American Expert on Tibetan Buddhism.” The New York Times

Shaun’s mentor for over two decades is Dr. Joe Colombo, a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist, and a pioneering global leader on the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the body's control center that automatically runs our body 24/7. In 1995, Dr. Colombo was granted the first and only FDA approval for an ANS monitoring device (parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system). Dr. Colombo has published over 200 papers, holds seven patents, has examined the ANS’ role in hundreds of health conditions, and has authored two major ANS textbooks, with a third coming out soon.

Sab, now dedicated to a purpose-driven life, left the media industry for healthcare, and joined hands with Shaun, Bob, Sharon and Joe to launch Mindwell Labs in August 2019 as a consumer mental health business. In November 2024, they broadened their vision to cover all diseases and launched Autonomic Health with an expanded team.

1995

1st and only FDA-approved
full autonomic nervous
system monitoring device

2006

First commercial launch
of ANS assessment

2024

Cofounds Autonomic Health
to make ANS assessment
mainstream

Dr. Joe Colombo

Global authority for 30+ years
on autonomic nervous system

Authored 200+ journals
and granted 7 patents

Consultant to NASA, FAA and DoD

PROVEN LEADERSHIP

Meet our team

Our purpose-driven, multidisciplinary team combines decades of experience in entrepreneurship, neuroscience, medicine and technology. With multiple successful exits, FDA-approved patented technology, and over 200 publications, we are poised to create a category leader in personal health and performance.