Open Vision Engineering announced that it has raised $11 million in funding for Pocket, its dedicated AI hardware device for capturing conversations, organizing insights, and helping people stay present. The funding came from Accel, Y Combinator, and several founders, CEOs, and operators, including Vercel founder and CEO Guillermo Rauch, ElevenLabs co-founder Mati Staniszewski, and Opendoor CEO and former Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian.
Pocket plans to use the funding to support hiring, especially across design and engineering.
The company will also use the capital to explore new hardware form factors and continue expanding its product platform.
Pocket is designed as a purpose-built device for capturing conversations and turning them into useful workflows after meetings, calls, and discussions.
The device can automatically transform conversations into summaries, speaker-attributed notes, draft follow-up emails, and trackable action items.
The company said the product is built to help individuals and teams stay aligned while allowing users to remain present during conversations.
Pocket first gained traction after a concept video released in late 2024 generated thousands of pre-orders.
The company later became the most-watched launch of Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 cohort.
Pocket officially launched in October 2025 and shipped more than 10,000 devices to customers on launch day.
Since then, the company said it has seen strong demand from prosumers and enterprise customers, including DoorDash.
The company has also reported rapid month-over-month growth, reaching more than 50% in several months.
By March 2026, Pocket had reached a $27 million annualized revenue run rate and shipped more than 35,000 devices.
Pocket said security and privacy are core parts of the product. The company is HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant, uses end-to-end encryption, does not train AI models on customer data, and only records conversations when users explicitly choose to do so.
Pocket serves individuals and teams across professional use cases involving meetings, memory, recall, and post-conversation workflows.
KEY QUOTES:
“We started Pocket because we believe the best technology should help people be more present, not more distracted. Pocket gives people a purpose-built way to capture what matters without pulling out a phone, interrupting the flow of a meeting, or losing the details that drive great work.”
Akshay Narisetti, CEO and Co-Founder of Pocket
“Pocket is helping define a new category of AI-native devices. The team has combined exceptional product vision with impressive execution, building something people love and use every day. We’re looking forward to supporting the team as they scale, reach millions more users, and help shape the future of AI hardware.”
Cecilia Wang, Partner at Accel
