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Nirva raises $25M pre-Series A for a jewelry-like pendant that listens only to the wearer

Nirva, founded by two former Meta Reality Labs employees and a fashion entrepreneur, raised $25 million in a pre-Series A round (bringing total funding to $33M) to produce a jewelry-style wearable pendant that passively listens to the wearer’s speech and surfaces personal insights via a companion app. The 8‑gram device (battery up to three days) will open orders in November at $249 and aims to filter out others’ speech and discard audio after processing by default.

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Tolan raises $30M for AI companion app

Tolan, an AI companion app that helps users manage daily life, relationships and goals via a cartoonish avatar, has raised $30 million from investors including Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew, doubling its total funding. The company told Upstarts Media it has double‑digit millions in ARR, about 250,000 active users and 70 million conversations in the past year; PitchBook estimates its valuation above $268 million (medium confidence), though Tolan did not disclose a new figure.

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