为什么流媒体戒指制造商Sandbar认为AI可穿戴设备的未来在于语音

Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice | TechCrunch TechCrunch Desktop Logo TechCrunch Mobile Logo Latest Startups Venture Apple Security AI Apps Disrupt 2026 Events Podcasts Newsletters Search Submit Site Search Toggle Mega Menu Toggle Topics Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture More from TechCrunch Staff Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Contact Us Startups Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice Theresa Loconsolo 9:46 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 29 min Loading the player… AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables — rings especially — are betting people want to capture stray thoughts and ideas the same way. One of the companies chasing that bet is Sandbar , the startup behind the private voice ring Stream, which has raised $36 million to date, including a $23 million Series A led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan talks with Sandbar co-founder and CEO Mina Fahmi about why he thinks so many voice hardware devices before Stream struggled to break through, and why he’s betting that keeping the human firmly in control is what it’ll take to get wearable tech right. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube , Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads , at @EquityPod. Topics AI , AI wearables , Gadgets , Hardware , Sandbar , Startups , stream Theresa Loconsolo Audio Producer Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University. You can contact or verify outreach from Theresa by emailing theresa.loconsolo@techcrunch.com . View Bio October 13 – 15 San Francisco Scale faster. Grow your portfolio. Gain practical expertise. No matter your goal, Disrupt can empower you. Save up to $300 toda y! REGISTER NOW Most Popular Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes Lucas Ropek Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months Dominic-Madori Davis Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models Ivan Mehta Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI Russell Brandom YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money Aisha Malik This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you Zack Whittaker Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news TechCrunch Daily News Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of TechCrunch’s coverage. TechCrunch AI TechCrunch's AI experts cover the latest news in the fast-moving field. TechCrunch Space Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace. Startups Weekly Startups are the core of TechCrunch, so get our best coverage delivered weekly. No newsletters selected. Subscribe By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . Related AI Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs Julie Bort 11 hours ago AI Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes Lucas Ropek 1 day ago Fundraising OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise Rebecca Bellan 1 day ago X LinkedIn Facebook Instagram youTube Mastodon Threads Bluesky TechCrunch Staff Contact Us Advertise Site Map Terms of Service Privacy Policy RSS Terms of Use Code of Conduct Made by Google Phia Blacksmith Pixel Tag Disrupt 2026 Tech Layoffs ChatGPT © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC.