Sandbar's Stream ring bets on voice as the future of AI wearables
Sandbar, the startup behind the private voice ring Stream, has raised $36 million to date, including a $23 million Series A led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures. Co-founder and CEO Mina Fahmi discusses why previous voice hardware devices struggled and why keeping the human in control is key to wearable tech success.
AI notetaking hardware has grown over the past two years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and transcribing earbuds capturing meetings into summaries and action items. Now a wave of wearables, especially rings, are betting on capturing stray thoughts and ideas. Sandbar, the startup behind the private voice ring Stream, has raised $36 million to date, including a $23 million Series A led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures. On the Equity podcast, co-founder and CEO Mina Fahmi discussed why many voice hardware devices before Stream struggled to break through, and why he believes keeping the human firmly in control is essential for getting wearable tech right.
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