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Why Sandbar thinks its voice-enabled ring can avoid the AI hardware graveyard
Sandbar CEO Mina Fahmi joins Equity to discuss the future of AI wearables, why their ring, Stream, is betting on voice and push-to-talk, and what other AI hardware companies got wrong.
TL;DR
- AI notetaking hardware is rapidly growing, with various form factors like rings emerging.
- Sandbar's voice ring, Stream, aims to capture stray thoughts and ideas.
- Sandbar has raised $36 million to date, including a $23 million Series A led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures.
- CEO Mina Fahmi believes human control is key to successful wearable tech.
- Fahmi discusses Stream's push-to-talk design, social acceptability for AI wearables, and the challenges of custom hardware development.