What you felt for 60 seconds.
They live forever.
They live forever.
No days off. No breaks. No exceptions.
In relationships
Called too much, too intense, too honest. Their directness is mistaken for aggression. They stop opening up — not by choice, but because opening up has always cost them something.
In careers
Fired for not fitting in. Passed over. Told they have an attitude problem when they asked a clear question. Masking all day. Depleted every night. The cycle repeats.
In education
62% drop out. Not because they aren't intelligent — because the system was built for one kind of brain. They believed what they were told. Most never recovered.
The mask
Every day they perform neurotypicality. They rehearse conversations. They replay them. The performance is exhausting. Nobody sees it — because it works. Until it doesn't.
Burnout
The brain gives out. Not laziness — a system shutdown from years on overdrive. Depression. Unemployment. Withdrawal. Recovery. Then the cycle begins again. Because nothing changed.
The silence
They stop telling people. Stop asking for help. Stop explaining. Because every time they did, it cost them something. The silence is not giving up. It is self-protection.
"I was called out today for coming across as strong, a bit aggressive. For being an over-thinker. I was asking clear questions. I was stating what I needed. I was being honest. I still don't understand what I did wrong. And that not-understanding — that is the loneliest feeling in the world."
— Sandra Burden, Founder & CEO of UnSquirrel. Written today. Because today it happened again.
780MPeople living this worldwide. 1 in 10.
2/3Underemployed — not because of ability. Because of tools.
$4.5TLocked inside minds the world keeps dismissing.
Why this is investable
A cause you can feel.
A company built to win.
A company built to win.
Compassion is the reason UnSquirrel exists. These four advantages are the reason it returns.
01
The founder is the market
Sandra Burden is dyslexic, a caregiver, and lives the problem daily. Every feature solves something she has personally survived — an authenticity no competitor founder can manufacture.
02
Privacy is the architecture
Three encrypted, separate environments — Career, Life, and Student — are a structural decision, not a setting. Incumbents cannot patch their way here; they would have to start over.
03
A category with no incumbent
A $9.7B market by 2032, growing 8% a year — and no neurodivergent-first platform exists at any price point. The window to define the category is open now.
04
Ready to build, not to pitch
A complete product specification, an engaged engineering partner, and a working prototype. The only thing between UnSquirrel and launch is funding — not discovery.
See it working
This isn't a concept.
Try it yourself.
Try it yourself.
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I got tired of adapting to tools that weren't built for my brain. So I built something that adapts to me — and to every mind like mine.
Sandra Burden · Founder & CEO, UnSquirrel Technology LLC
The investment opportunity.
UnSquirrel Technology LLC — Pre-Seed Round — April 2026
Seeking
$100,000
Pre-seed round
Market
$9.7B
By 2032
Platform
3 Brains
Career · Life · Student
Status
Phase 1
Awaiting funding
Full use of funds, business model, roadmap, and projections in the complete investment case →
Recognized · Backed · In the room
Nebraska Legislature
Resolution LR153
SUNY
Business Development Program
InnovateHER
Active member network
Inspirational Women
Magazine feature · 2026
Strathmore's Who's Who
Honoree · 2020
GoFundMe
Community-funded & live
Ready to invest in a world that works for every brain?
Sandra Burden built UnSquirrel from inside this experience — as a dyslexic founder, a caregiver, and someone navigating her own cognitive decline. Every feature solves a problem she has personally lived. No competitor founder can say the same.