Nirva Raises $25 Million for AI Pendant, Taking Total Funding to $33 Million
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Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 22
Nirva Raises $25 Million for AI Pendant, Taking Total Funding to $33 Million
2 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 22
Summary
$25 million in new pre-Series A funding lifts Nirva’s total raise to $33 million as the startup prepares to sell a $249 AI pendant later this year.
The 8-gram device is designed to listen only to its wearer’s speech, using onboarding voice samples to filter out other people and addressing privacy concerns around always-on ambient AI.
Nirva says it deletes audio and transcripts after processing, while its app turns speech patterns, tone and context into reminders and personality, emotion and communication insights.
November orders are set to open for the pendant—also wearable as a bracelet—with shipments targeted by year-end as Amazon, Apple, Bee, Taya and others push into AI wearables.