The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Bee: 3 models, 9 deployments across 4 regions. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryWearable AI
Overview
Bee is a $50 AI wearable device company acquired by Amazon. The Bee device captures audio conversations throughout the day and provides AI-powered personal assistance. Co-founded by Maria de Lourdes Zollo (CEO). Offers subscription at $19/month. Three models: Bee Pioneer, Bee Plus, and Bee Pro.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 9 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Status
Product
Product function
Post-acquisition role
Acquisition
Financial stage
CEO & Co-founder
Price
Models
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
3
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Bee Pioneer
Clip-on wearable AI assistant that listens to conversations and generates AI-powered transcripts, notes, and reminders. Screen-free, clips to clothing. Price: $49.99 with no monthly subscription fee. Includes magnetic clip for pocket or belt attachment.
Current platform
Bee AI Wearable
Bee AI Wearable is a AI wearable from Bee, currently commercially available.. Maturity: Commercially available.
Current platform
Bee
Bee is a low-cost always-listening wearable AI assistant, worn as a bracelet, that records and transcribes the wearer's day and builds to-dos, reminders, and summaries. It launched commercially at about $49.99 plus a ~$19/month subscription and was independently reviewed as functional. Amazon announced its acquisition of Bee on July 22 2025 (confirmed by CNBC), with the deal closing by January 2026; Bee has continued as a distinct Amazon product line with ongoing feature development. The registry records it at commercial maturity (now Amazon-owned, still shipping), correcting the dispatch's preliminary 'consumer-promised' label. It is part of the recurring pattern of large technology companies acquiring AI-hardware startups (Bee to Amazon, Limitless to Meta, Humane assets to HP, Mentee to Mobileye).
Partnerships
Every company Bee has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint
Most recent
- Bee x Amazon (Acquisition)2025-07-22with Amazonoperating
Bee on the deployment map
View the global map9 verified deployments across 4 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Bee's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalBee AI Wearable at United Kingdom, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee AI Wearable at Germany, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee AI Wearable at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee AI Wearable at Canada, USA →North America · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee Pioneer at Germany, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee Pioneer at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee Pioneer at Canada, USA →North America · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee Pioneer at United Kingdom, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalBee at Global →International · verified Jun 2024
View the full Bee deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Maria de Lourdes Zollo CEO & Co-FounderSEC-verified
Founders (1)
- Maria de Lourdes Zollocofounder
later founded Bee
Safety record
No incidents on record for Bee.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Bee9 deployments
Recent coverage
Bee in third-party press
Peers
35 peers across 1 segment. Every Bee competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
wearable(35)
32 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 2595.3892239124602) · leader Oculus VR at 4361%
- Baidudirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Based Hardwaredirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Brilliant Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Dexcomdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Esper Bionicsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Even Realitiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating · 1 ended
Every company Bee has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Bee x Amazon (Acquisition)2025-07-22with Amazonoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Bee x Amazon (Acquisition)withAmazoninvestment2025-07-22concludedoperating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Bee’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipBee x Amazon (Acquisition)
2025-07-22Amazon acquired Bee, a San Francisco startup making a 9.99 wearable AI assistant that records and transcribes conversations. Bee employees received offers to join Amazon, signaling Amazon's push into wearable AI devices.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Bee wearable personal AI
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Bee at Global
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Bee Pioneer at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Bee Pioneer at Canada, USA
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Bee.Peer companies
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- Plaud AI3 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- Ascentiz2 models
- Baidu2 models
- Brilliant Labs2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Bee from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/bee-computer.md
- RSS feed: /companies/bee-computer/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5d22d3f3-8a29-443f-a2d6-1392f942962f
- Revision history: /companies/bee-computer/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- Plaud AI3 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- Ascentiz2 models
- Baidu2 models
- Brilliant Labs2 models
Video
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Bee draws attention at the 97th percentile but verifies reality at the 96th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap +1.9, 16th widest among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 9 verified deployments. Broad public reach with 53.6M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 2, 2026