{"id":100191,"date":"2025-07-23T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?p=100191"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:52:33","slug":"amazon-to-acquire-ai-wearables-startup-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/amazon-to-acquire-ai-wearables-startup-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to Acquire AI Wearables Startup Bee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ae\/\">Amazon<\/a> has reached a deal to acquire Bee, a San Francisco-based startup that makes AI wearables. The company produces a $50 bracelet that records conversations and uses <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/category\/emerging-technologies\/artificial-intelligence\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a> to transcribe and summarize them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bee\u2019s wristband can generate summaries, create to-do lists, and perform other tasks using the captured audio. The AI wearable can also be muted by users when desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon confirmed the acquisition on Tuesday after Bee CEO and co-founder Maria de Lourdes Zollo shared the news in a LinkedIn post. However, the company did not disclose the deal\u2019s financial terms and said it has not yet closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for Amazon stated the company will work with Bee to give users more control over the devices. Zollo wrote that the company envisioned &#8220;a world where AI is truly personal,&#8221; powered by technology that adapts to users&#8217; lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bee was founded in 2022 and is known for its AI-powered wristband.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amazon previously launched its own wearable, Halo, which was discontinued in 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This acquisition adds to Amazon\u2019s ongoing efforts in the AI wearables space. The company already offers Echo smart glasses embedded with Alexa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Zollo\u2019s post, Bee will join the devices group led by Amazon executive Panos Panay once the deal is finalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move follows broader trends in the AI wearables market. OpenAI recently acquired io, a startup founded by former Apple designer Jony Ive, in a $6.5 billion deal. Other startups have also entered the AI wearable segment, though results have varied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of Amazon\u2019s AI development continues within its Amazon Web Services division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Source: Reuters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has reached a deal to acquire Bee, a San [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":100194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2725],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-100191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startups","tag-artificial-intelligence","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amazon-24.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Lubna","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/lubna\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100192,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100191\/revisions\/100192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100191"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=100191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}