Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice
AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables — rings especially — are betting people want to capture stray thoughts and ideas the same way. One of […]
Notetaking hardware has gained traction in recent years, with devices ranging from credit-card-sized gadgets to transcribing earbuds, all designed to capture meetings and transform them into summaries and action items. The wearables sector is now focusing on rings, recognizing the desire to capture fleeting thoughts and ideas.
One company capitalizing on this trend is Sandbar, the startup behind the private voice ring Stream, which has secured $36 million in funding to date. This includes a $23 million Series A round led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures. In a recent episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan interviewed Sandbar co-founder and CEO Mina Fahmi about the challenges faced by previous voice hardware devices and why he believes Stream has a better chance of success.
Fahmi attributes the struggles of earlier voice hardware devices to their inability to effectively integrate the human element, which he believes is crucial for wearable technology. He emphasizes that keeping the human firmly in control is the key to developing successful wearable tech.
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