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Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you

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Nirva secured $33 million in funding to launch a pendant-shaped wearable that exclusively records the wearer's voice. Weighing approximately 8 grams and offering three days of battery life, the device defaults to not storing audio data and employs filtering to exclude conversations of bystanders. Its companion app parses speech to generate personalized insights, with shipping to early users planned later this year.

Written with AI from the reporting · updated 10/22/2026

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Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to the wearer
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    Nirva 完成 3300 万美元融资

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    Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to the wearer

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    Nirva, founded by former Meta Reality Labs employees Wei Lyu and Jason Chen, along with Hanying Hu, secured $33 million in total funding, including a recent $25 million pre-Series A round, adding to $8 million raised earlier this year. The company's first device is a lightweight pendant, weighing about eight grams and lasting up to three days on a single charge. It is designed to passively listen only to the wearer's speech, filtering out conversations from others to address privacy concerns, and by default, it does not keep any audio data or transcripts after processing. The companion app parses speech to generate personalized insights related to the user's personality, patterns, and daily life, positioning Nirva as a personal insights company rather than a productivity startup.

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