Friend (Seed)
Funding Details
- Awarder
- RSS - techcrunch.com
- Date Award
- January 22, 2025
- Vertical
- AI Companion Devices
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
- Funding Amount:
- $8,500,000
Company Info
- Traction
- Friend has received mixed reception for its chatbot platform, which was part of an experiment on its website. The company has learned from this experience and is now focusing solely on hardware.
- Founders
- Avi Schiffmann
- Company Description
- Friend is a startup creating a $99, AI-powered necklace designed to be treated as a digital companion. The company aims to provide a unique digital companionship experience through its hardware product.
- Market
- Consumer Electronics
- Location
- US
- Coinvestors
- Aravind Srinivas