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TL;DR
Product: Neck-worn, screenless AI companion device plus web chat experience
Founder / CEO: Avi Schiffmann
Headcount: 28 employees
Reported funding: Reported figures include ~$2.5M (pre-seed) and later references to ~$8.5M
Notable spend: Reported $1.8M purchase of friend.com domain
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Companion AI; consumer hardware for social/mental wellbeing
Industry
Consumer hardware; AI
Funding Track Record
2,500,000 USD
Reported in multiple profiles as a ~ $2.5M pre-seed round
7,900,000.00 USD
Total funding reported in company snapshot
Investor Signal
“Backed by angel and early investors including Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas and Solana founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal”
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