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Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

Et si un simple bijou pouvait mieux vous connaître que vous-même, sans jamais trahir votre intimité ni celle des personnes qui vous entourent ? C’est exactement le pari que vient de prendre Nirva, une jeune pousse fondée par d’anciens talents de Meta Reality Labs. Avec une levée de fonds qui atteint désormais 33 millions de […] The post Nirva Lève 33M$ Pour Son Pendentif IA Personnel first appeared on MondeTech.fr.

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

Personal artificial intelligence wearable company Nirva Labs today announced it has raised $25 million in early funding to accelerate development of its sleek AI jewelry, which brings emotional perspective to users. The company is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons and others. Today’s round brings Nirva’s total funding to $33 million, following an $8 million seed round. Nirva’s first product will be AI-powered jewelry, a necklace or a bracelet intended to journal a user’s day automatically, identify patterns in moods and relationships and provide advice through a companion app. The necklace is sleek and attractive, small enough to fit along the neck or wrist with tailored clothing, and housed in sleek silver, gold, onyx and other casings with a minimal design. The central pitch is an AI assistant that becomes more useful by observing everyday life, rather than relying only on users typing or calling upon it as a chatbot. Instead, they use it for useful insights and relationship advice. “Ten years in wearables taught me the drawer is where most of the industry’s ambition goes to die,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Wei Lyu. “So, we set a rule for every generation of hardware: with a dead...

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

Ambient AI is having a moment. Amazon launches a new wrist-worn device with Bee; a former Plaud exec launching ambient apps through a startup called Ambi, which also aims to build its own hardware; and Apple launched voice intelligence features during its iPhone launch in September. Now, a company called Nirva is betting on a jewel-like pendant and its ability to listen only to the wearer.

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

Ambient AI is having a moment. Amazon launches a new wrist-worn device with Bee; a former Plaud exec launching ambient apps through a startup called Ambi, which also aims to build its own hardware; and Apple launched voice intelligence features during its iPhone launch in September. Now, a company called Nirva is betting on a jewel-like pendant and its ability to listen only to the wearer.