Zach Yadegari raises $10 million for Persona's wearable AI assistant

First reported by TechCrunch at · Updated · 2 sources

Persona pairs a free iMessage assistant with a $179 wristband, according to RuntimeWire, which reports that founder Zach Yadegari sold Cal AI to MyFitnessPal earlier this year. TechCrunch describes the new startup as a competitor to Instinct, Muse and Bee in the market for personal AI agents.

  • TechCrunch identifies Yadegari as the 19-year-old co-founder of Cal AI.

Covered by 2 publishers within an hour of the first report.

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TechCrunch Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup · Julie Bort
RuntimeWire Persona raises $10M to put its personal AI agent on a wristband · Ryan Merket