From: Entrevestor
Date: Jan.27, 2026
Halifax-based Stroke of Luck is focused on creating affordable, AI-powered hardware and software that offers home-based brain-training therapy for stroke patients.
Founder Steve MacDougall himself suffered a stroke four years ago that affected his entire right side. He is still working to recover completely and has realized what he calls “a critical gap in accessible physiotherapy”.
Therapy can be of limited and inconsistent quality, while high costs and a shortage of healthcare workers make occupational therapy and physiotherapy inaccessible for many, he told Entrevestor.
MacDougall is now adapting advanced technology he first used during his career as a mechanical engineer, to help patients re-train their brains at home.