
Bringing the computer to life
Company: Sesame
Focus: Lifelike conversational voice assistants and lightweight wearable hardware
Notable release: Published base model CSM-1B (1B parameters) under Apache 2.0
Founders / leadership: Brendan Iribe and Ankit Kumar
Employee count (approx.): 109
Conversational AI / voice technology and wearable devices
Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
$250M
Reported Series B announced Oct 21, 2025; reporting notes participation by investors including Sequoia and Spark.
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