Amazon is planning to acquire Bee, a San Francisco-based AI wearable startup known for its AI bracelet that records conversations to create summaries and reminders. The acquisition signals Amazon's intent to venture into AI wearables, differentiating from its prior offerings like the Alexa-enabled Echo speakers. Bee's bracelet requires a monthly subscription and can understand 40 languages, achieving high demand and currently backordered. Despite past challenges in the wearable market, this acquisition may signal a recommitment to innovating in this space.
Bee's core product is an AI bracelet that acts as a second memory, recording all of the conversations it hears to create summaries, reminders, and to-do lists for users.
Bee raised $7 million last year to develop the gadget, which can understand 40 languages and has a 7-day battery life.
The acquisition is a sign of Amazon's intent to create AI wearables, a different path from the company's Alexa-enabled Echo speakers and home assistant products.
Bee CEO Maria de Lourdes Zollo wrote in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday that she "couldn't be more excited" about the acquisition.
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