Nirva raises $33 million for a pendant that listens only to the wearer
Original title: Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you
The $249 device is due to early users by year-end and discards audio after processing.
Nirva, founded in 2025 by former Meta Reality Labs employees Wei Lyu and Jason Chen with Hanying Hu, announced a $25 million pre-Series A that brings total funding to $33 million. The roughly eight-gram pendant or bracelet is meant to capture only the wearer’s speech after voice enrollment and to drop audio and transcripts after processing. Orders open in November, with four finishes planned.
- Earlier funding of $8 million included Lightspeed and South Park Commons.
- Battery life is up to three days on one charge.
- The app surfaces inferred emotions, communication style, people, places and reminders.
- Named competitors include Taya, Friend and Bee.
- Vendors
- Nirva
- Organizations
- LightspeedSouth Park Commons
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Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.
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