Open Vision Engineering Raises $11M in Funding Round

The round saw the Backers include Accel, Y Combinator, and high-profile tech executives, including Vercel Founder and CEO Guillermo Rauch, ElevenLabs Co-founder Mati Staniszewski, and Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian.

The company plans to use the funding to hire more hardware designers and software engineers, develop next-generation devices, and expand its core product platform.

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Pocket is quickly becoming one of the fastest-growing AI hardware companies. It gained early attention after a concept video released in late 2024 attracted thousands of pre-orders and later became the most-watched launch in the Y Combinator Winter 2026 cohort. The company officially launched in October 2025 and shipped more than 10,000 devices on its first day.

Since then, Pocket has seen strong demand from both individual users and enterprise customers, including DoorDash. The company has continued to grow rapidly, recording monthly growth of more than 50% in several months. By March 2026, Pocket had reached an annualized revenue run rate of $27 million and shipped more than 35,000 devices.

Pocket is an AI-powered device that turns conversations into useful outputs such as meeting summaries, speaker-tagged notes, follow-up email drafts, and action items. It is built with a strong focus on security and privacy, meeting HIPAA and SOC 2 standards, using end-to-end encryption, never training AI models on customer data, and only recording conversations with the user's permission.

Cecilia Wang, Partner at Accel, said: “Pocket is helping define a new category of AI-native devices. The team has combined exceptional product vision with impressive execution, building something people love and use every day. We're looking forward to supporting the team as they scale, reach millions more users, and help shape the future of AI hardware.”

“We started Pocket because we believe the best technology should help people be more present, not more distracted,” said Akshay Narisetti, CEO and co-founder of Pocket. “Pocket gives people a purpose-built way to capture what matters without pulling out a phone, interrupting the flow of a meeting, or losing the details that drive great work.”

About Pocket

Founded in 2024 by Akshay Narisetti and Gabriel Dymowski, Pocket is an AI hardware company that develops devices to capture and organize conversations. Its products help users record meetings, create summaries and follow up notes and stay focused during discussions. Pocket serves both individuals and businesses across a wide range of professional use cases.

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