Alex Gruver

Alex Gruver is the co-founder of Jhourney, a Silicon Valley startup aiming to make blissful meditative experiences more accessible through technology.12 He founded Jhourney in 2022 with Stephen Zerfas, with the goal of helping people achieve deep meditative states known as jhanas.3

Gruver's background includes:

• Education: Harvey Mudd College4
• Location: San Francisco4
• Previous experience: Management consultant before co-founding Jhourney1

At Jhourney, Gruver and his team are working on:

1. Developing EEG neurofeedback technology to guide novices into achieving jhana states more effectively2
2. Building the world's largest EEG dataset for advanced meditative states2
3. Integrating technology into retreat environments to enhance learning2

Gruver has shared insights about Jhourney's mission and progress at events like LabWeek Field Building in June 2024.2 He believes that Jhourney's approach could democratize access to profound meditative states traditionally achieved only by advanced practitioners.3