Pocket raises $11M for AI note-taking device
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Y Combinator-backed Pocket has raised $11 million in funding from Accel, Y Combinator, and ElevenLabs CEO and co-founder Mati Staniszewski. The company sells a $129 credit card-shaped puck that sticks to the back of a phone and promises unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and to-do items with no subscription required. Pocket says it has sold more than 130,000 units since launching last year. The device records and transcribes conversations, and users can ask the accompanying phone app to generate summaries, ask an AI assistant questions, create mind maps, and transform text into different templates. The company sells a $200-per-year plan to unlock unlimited AI summaries, queries to the AI assistant, daily highlights, and file attachments. Pocket was founded by Akshay Narisetti, a founding member of rival note-taking startup Omi, and Gabriel Dymowski, who previously founded a blockchain-based document management startup.
What’s reported
Pocket raised $11 million from Accel, Y Combinator, and ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski.
The device is a $129 credit card-shaped puck that sticks to the back of a phone.
Pocket says it has sold more than 130,000 units since launching last year.
Basic transcription is free with the puck; a $200-per-year plan unlocks unlimited AI summaries, queries, daily highlights, and file attachments.
Pocket was founded by Akshay Narisetti (former founding member of Omi) and Gabriel Dymowski (former founder of a blockchain-based document management startup).
For enterprise customers, Pocket offers custom workflow management, webhook support, and integrations with Google Calendar, OneDrive, Google Drive, Obsidian, Claude, and Cursor.
Key figures
Akshay Narisetti, co-founder of Pocket, former founding member of Omi
Gabriel Dymowski, co-founder of Pocket, former founder of a blockchain-based document management startup
Cecilia Wang, partner at Accel
Mati Staniszewski, CEO and co-founder of ElevenLabs
Sources: TechCrunch
