Pocket

Summary active Updated Jun 29, 2026

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Location San Francisco, CA
Founded 2024
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $11M
Website https://heypocket.com
Sector
ai consumer-hardware productivity devtools

Investors

Steve Anderson Seed (2011)
Accel seed (2026)
Y Combinator seed (2026)
Baseline Ventures Seed (2011)

Founders

Akshay Narisetti Co-Founder
Gabriel Dymowski Co-Founder

About

Pocket builds a $129 credit card-shaped device that attaches to the back of a smartphone and records and transcribes real-life conversations offline 12. The paid plan ($200/year) adds AI summaries and advanced features 1. The startup says it has sold over 130,000 units since launching in 2025 1, and Y Combinator’s company page identifies it as part of the Winter 2026 batch 3. By March 2026, the company had shipped more than 35,000 units and reached a $27 million annualized revenue run rate, with monthly growth topping 50% in some months 2. Co-founder Akshay Narisetti was previously a founding member of AI wearable startup Omi; co-founder Gabriel Dymowski previously founded a blockchain document management startup 13.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-06-29 Seed $11M Accel Y Combinator, Guillermo Rauch (Vercel CEO), Mati Staniszewski (ElevenLabs co-founder), Kaz Nejatian (Opendoor CEO) 123

What Investors Say

Cecilia Wang, partner at Accel: “You can record on the go, offline, and in the field, which is exactly how lawyers, salespeople, doctors, real estate agents, construction workers, and students use Pocket today” 1.

What Founders Say

Co-founder Akshay Narisetti: “We thought every meeting notetaker was built for online conversations, but nothing was geared towards real-life talk” 1.

Sources

  1. TechCrunch, “Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note-taking devices,” June 29, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/pocket-raises-11m-in-bet-on-rising-demand-for-ai-note-taking-devices/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  2. Tech Funding News, “Accel backs Pocket’s $11M raise, as the AI hardware startup turns a viral launch into $27M ARR,” June 29, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/pocket-11m-accel-ai-hardware-27m-arr/↩↩↩

  3. Y Combinator, company profile page for Pocket (Winter 2026 batch). Accessed June 2026. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pocket↩↩↩