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Era lands $11M to build a software service for AI gadgets
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Earlier in April, the startup Era held a gathering in New York for artists who had received its developer kit.
Key facts
- This includes a $9 million seed round led by Abstract Ventures and BoxGroup, with participation from Collaborative Fund and Mozilla Ventures
- Era was founded last year by CEO Liz Dorman, CTO Alex Ollman, and CPO Megan Gole
- Currently, the company provides over 130 LLMs from more than 14 providers to enable different AI gadget form factors such as glasses, jewelry, and home speakers
- The startup has raised $11 million in funding to date
Summary
While all these devices are experimental, the common thread is Era’s platform, which allows hardware makers to create AI agents and orchestrations for AI devices. The startup has raised $11 million in funding to date. Individual angel investors include Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, iPhone keyboard creator Ken Kocienda, OAS founder Tony Wang, Little Guy co-founder Daniel Kuntz, Sandbar co-founder Mina Fahmi, former Rabbit CPO ShaoBo Z, and Poetry Camera creator Kelin Zhang. Era was founded last year by CEO Liz Dorman, CTO Alex Ollman, and CPO Megan Gole.