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Nirva, an AI hardware startup, has raised $33 million in funding to bring its ambient AI pendant to market. The device, priced at $249, is designed to function as a personal AI assistant that listens and responds to the wearer while maintaining privacy through on-device processing rather than cloud-dependent transcription.
The company plans to begin shipping the pendant before the end of the year. The focus on local audio processing represents a design choice aimed at users concerned about privacy and data collection from traditional voice assistants.
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