Company Profile

Sensate

  • Startup

Los Angeles, CA
United States
Sensate

About Us

Sensate is an accessible wellness tool that gives people the ability to manage and overcome their daily stresses. The Sensate pebble and companion app use sound and vibration designed to soothe the nervous system; regulating the stress response in as few as 10 minutes, and shifting the mind and body into a state of calm and clarity. Non-invasive, no experience or training needed.

Founders Bio

Anna Gudmundson, CEO, co-founded Sensate with Integrated Healthcare Physician Stefan Chmelik. Anna’s expertise in high-growth technology fields, mobile innovation at Lucent Technologies, startups and ventures across big data, social media tech, wellness tech, and wearables complements Stefan’s deep clinical practice. They see wellness tech as an incredible opportunity for both growth and impact.

Origin Story

Sensate was born out of a mission to make evidence-based stress reduction tools accessible to everyone. Combining Stefan Chmelik’s decades of clinical experience with Anna Gudmundson’s background in scaling transformative technologies, Sensate was designed to empower people to regulate their nervous systems and reclaim calm in a fast-paced, high-stress world.

Product Overview

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Honors and Awards

  • Best Health Technology 2023 – Business Awards UK
  • 2024 Smart Sleep Awards
  • TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions 2022
  • Good Housekeeping Seal 2025
  • Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Women in Business Leadership Awards
  • Over 450 Media Mentions
  • Recognized by Los Angeles Times as a visionary and transformative leader in wellness technology (Inspiration Women)