Raised $11M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Seed closed April 2026, led by Abstract Ventures.[1][2][4][5][6]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Abstract Ventures, BoxGroup, Collaborative Fund, Mozilla Ventures, Topology Ventures, Betaworks, Caterina Fake, Ken Kocienda, Tony Wang, Daniel Kuntz, Mina Fahmi, ShaoBo Z, Kelin Zhang.[1][2][4][5][6]

Liz Dorman, CEO[1][2][3][4][18]

Alex Ollman, CTO[1][2][3][4][18]

Megan Gole, CPO[1][2][3][4][18]

Humane · humane.com · Same buyer (AI hardware makers), same workflow (AI orchestration for devices), but Era is a platform enabler rather than a device maker.[1][2]

Rabbit · rabbit.tech · Same buyer (AI gadget consumers), same workflow (AI agent on a device), but Era sells the platform underneath rather than the device itself.[1][2]

Plaud · plaud.ai · Same market (AI hardware gadgets), but Plaud is a single-device play while Era is a horizontal platform.[1][2]

Sandbar · sandbar.com · Same market (AI wearable gadgets), same form factor exploration, but Era is a platform while Sandbar is a device company.[1][2]

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