Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background

TechCrunch - Oct 12, 2026

One of the core promises of AI is that the more it knows about a person, the better it will be able to assist them with tasks and make appropriate suggestions, which, if you'll believe the tech companies, requires apps and devices to listen, watch, or record users' activity all the time and gather all possible context.

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