Mira is a pair of audio-first smart glasses that listen to your day, transcribe every conversation into a private, searchable log, and surface the right context when you ask for it. Aimed at knowledge workers, students, and anyone tired of toggling between a phone and the people in front of them, the glasses pair with a ring for discreet input and a desktop app that keeps transcripts, documents, and memories accessible beyond mobile. The glasses start at $649 , with a prescription version at $799 , and the first 300 units shipping now and roughly 1,000 more arriving by January .
The hardware deliberately omits a camera. All audio is deleted after transcription, and Mira has committed to not sell, share, or train on user conversations, a positioning meant to address the social discomfort that has shadowed face-worn devices. The frame weighs 39 grams, runs about 10 hours per charge, and includes a waveguide display that handles real-time captions and translation across 60 languages with sub-second latency. Connected to email, Slack, Notion, and messages, it can also act as an agent for tasks like sending follow-ups, updating calendars, or placing orders based on what it has heard during the day.
The launch matters because it lands in a crowded moment for AI wearables, alongside camera-equipped competitors from Meta and a wave of pendants and pins, and it stakes out a different bet on memory and privacy rather than vision. Founders AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio met in Harvard's makerspace, where their earlier hardware experiments, including viral smart-glasses prototypes, drew more than 80 million views online. Nguyen leads the product experience, focusing on daily usability, comfort, and how the glasses feel to wear , and the company has raised $6.6 million in seed funding to ship the first wave of devices.
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Priya VedantApr 30, 2026
Anh, would love 10 minutes for a piece on always-on capture and consent. What's the policy when I'm sitting across from someone wearing these at dinner?
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Lorna VossApr 30, 2026
Tweet copy goes hard but bury the consent story in the FAQ and a journalist will find it for you anyway.
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Kostas M.Apr 30, 2026
The launch video is shot beautifully but I counted three cuts during the live demo. Staff engineer brain says pre-recorded until proven otherwise.
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Rashid MirzayevApr 30, 2026
Built something adjacent on a Meta internal hack week in 2019, we killed it because of battery and social acceptability. Genuinely curious how you cracked either.
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zaneApr 30, 2026
"AI can now live on your face" is also what my dermatologist said last week.
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Fiona OkaforApr 30, 2026
Capturing every conversation is a feature until your group chat finds out. Curious how the indicator light situation works.
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Ekaterina V.Apr 30, 2026
Is there a developer API or am I stuck with whatever onboard model you ship? Asking before I get excited about webhooks for transcript events.
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Tomas LindqvistApr 30, 2026
Harvard human augmentation lab to consumer hardware in one tweet is a speedrun. How big is the team behind this?
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Mateus R.Apr 30, 2026
Been telling my cofounder we're 3 weeks out from our wearable for 8 months. Anh just made me close the Figma file.
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harunaApr 30, 2026
Memory you didn't choose to keep isn't memory, it's surveillance with better marketing.
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Chiamaka P.Apr 30, 2026
If you're hiring firmware or computer vision folks I have a candidate who left a stealth wearable last month and is very online about it.
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Devang S.Apr 30, 2026
Fifth AI glasses launch I've seen this quarter and the only one with a pre-order button that actually works on mobile. Small thing, matters.
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Yusuf BaranApr 30, 2026
Any plans to open source the on-device pipeline or at least publish docs? Hardware launches that ship without dev docs age like milk.
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Mira is a pair of audio-first smart glasses that listen to your day, transcribe every conversation into a private, searchable log, and surface the right context when you ask for it. Aimed at knowledge workers, students, and anyone tired of toggling between a phone and the people in front of them, the glasses pair with a ring for discreet input and a desktop app that keeps transcripts, documents, and memories accessible beyond mobile. The glasses start at $649 , with a prescription version at $799 , and the first 300 units shipping now and roughly 1,000 more arriving by January . The hardware deliberately omits a camera. All audio is deleted after transcription, and Mira has committed to not sell, share, or train on user conversations, a positioning meant to address the social discomfort that has shadowed face-worn devices. The frame weighs 39 grams, runs about 10 hours per charge, and includes a waveguide display that handles real-time captions and translation across 60 languages with sub-second latency. Connected to email, Slack, Notion, and messages, it can also act as an agent for tasks like sending follow-ups, updating calendars, or placing orders based on what it has heard during the day. The launch matters because it lands in a crowded moment for AI wearables, alongside camera-equipped competitors from Meta and a wave of pendants and pins, and it stakes out a different bet on memory and privacy rather than vision. Founders AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio met in Harvard's makerspace, where their earlier hardware experiments, including viral smart-glasses prototypes, drew more than 80 million views online. Nguyen leads the product experience, focusing on daily usability, comfort, and how the glasses feel to wear , and the company has raised $6.6 million in seed funding to ship the first wave of devices.
Comments (13)
Anh, would love 10 minutes for a piece on always-on capture and consent. What's the policy when I'm sitting across from someone wearing these at dinner?
Tweet copy goes hard but bury the consent story in the FAQ and a journalist will find it for you anyway.
The launch video is shot beautifully but I counted three cuts during the live demo. Staff engineer brain says pre-recorded until proven otherwise.
Built something adjacent on a Meta internal hack week in 2019, we killed it because of battery and social acceptability. Genuinely curious how you cracked either.
"AI can now live on your face" is also what my dermatologist said last week.
Capturing every conversation is a feature until your group chat finds out. Curious how the indicator light situation works.
Is there a developer API or am I stuck with whatever onboard model you ship? Asking before I get excited about webhooks for transcript events.
Harvard human augmentation lab to consumer hardware in one tweet is a speedrun. How big is the team behind this?
Been telling my cofounder we're 3 weeks out from our wearable for 8 months. Anh just made me close the Figma file.
Memory you didn't choose to keep isn't memory, it's surveillance with better marketing.
If you're hiring firmware or computer vision folks I have a candidate who left a stealth wearable last month and is very online about it.
Fifth AI glasses launch I've seen this quarter and the only one with a pre-order button that actually works on mobile. Small thing, matters.
Any plans to open source the on-device pipeline or at least publish docs? Hardware launches that ship without dev docs age like milk.