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AI startups · Agents and consumer AI

Sesame

“Sesame agents are everyday collaborators who help you do more, talk things through, and follow your curiosity.” Sesame, company-reported

  • Nonevaluation reported
  • —founding year not found
  • Has a product3 things shipped, by our search
The facts

Sesame at a glance.

Read Oct 20, 2026. Valuations and amounts are copied as each source states them; a figure that is only reported (talks, or people familiar with the deal) is labeled as reported.

Kind of company
Agents and consumer AIAI agents that do tasks for people and businesses, and new consumer AI products.
Based in
United States
Founded
Not found in our sources
Last closed-round valuation
No valuation reported
What it has shipped
Has a product
FoundersLatest news

Announced all-day eyewear with an assistant, described as still in development. Oct 6, 2026

Sesame (company-reported), Oct 6, 2026

What it has built

Shipped, or not yet.

“Has a product” is what our search found: something the public can use or buy, a model or API, research only, or nothing public.

paper · Feb 27, 2025

Research essay and demo on conversational voice, "Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice"

Source
product · May 27, 2026

iOS preview of conversational voice agents (Maya, Miles and others)

Source
open-source · Aug 28, 2026

TurnBench, an open benchmark for turn-taking in spoken dialogue (14 systems)

Source
Our note

Worth knowing.

Our note: Sesame's team page says it is "backed by a16z, Sequoia, Spark, Matrix, and a collection of founders and investors", but we could not verify any round amount, valuation or founding year from a fetched source. Included as an AI-device and voice-companion company; its eyewear is not yet shipping.