The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Circular: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryBiometric wearables
Overview
Circular is a Paris-based smart ring company founded in 2019, developing the Circular Ring 2, a health-tracking smart ring named Best Wearable of CES 2025. The company raised $2.5M on Kickstarter for the Ring 2 and surpassed $2.5M in sales. Founded by Amaury Kosman, Laurent Bsalis, and Adiasa Suharno.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founders
Kickstarter
Award
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (1)
- Amaury Kosman Co-Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Amaury Kosmancofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Circular.
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 →
Recent coverage
Circular in third-party press
Peer companies
- Samsung Electronics4 models
- Butterfly Network2 models
- Abbott1 model
- Apple1 model
- Blackrock Neurotech1 model
- BrainQ1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 17, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Circular.Peer companies
- Samsung Electronics4 models
- Butterfly Network2 models
- Abbott1 model
- Apple1 model
- Blackrock Neurotech1 model
- BrainQ1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Circular from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
PPWR, EPR, circularity – Smithers report assesses impacts
“The New Economics of Packaging: How PPWR, EPR and Circularity Will Redefine Competitive Advantage Through 2031” predicts that packaging will become an increasingly important…
Wall Street Helps Ease Concern Over Nvidia's Circular Financing
Neil Shah, Vice President at Counterpoint, discusses the outlook for Nvidia Corp. and the circular deals underpinning the AI boom. He speaks with Shery Ahn on Bloomberg: The Asia…
Tesla’s Energy Business Just Got a SpaceX Demand Signal
SpaceX bought nearly $300 million in Tesla Megapacks in Q2 for AI data centers, highlighting deepening ties between Musk's companies and raising questions about circular demand.
New Horizon Europe “CIRCULANDIA” project promotes circular food systems, regenerative agriculture and reusable packaging
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS AWARDED HORIZON EUROPE FUNDING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIRCULANDIA PROJECT ON CIRCULAR FOOD SYSTEMS WITH A TOTAL BUDGET OF € 9.6 MILLION. (IN…
EIT RawMaterials Offers Up To €1M For Raw Materials Innovation Projects
EIT RawMaterials has opened its Call for RIS Innovation Projects, offering up to €1 million per project to support innovation across Europe’s raw materials value chain. The call…
BMW’s Car2Car project pushes recycling rate to 51%
Producing 100,000 parts from recovered steel moves circular automotive materials from lab research toward industrial reality The post BMW’s Car2Car project pushes recycling rate…
Covestro, BMW, Forvia Hella target circularity in lighting
Covestro's KOLLEKT role signals that meeting EU recycling rules will increasingly depend on suppliers embedded early in product design The post Covestro, BMW, Forvia Hella target…
Small Round Part Robotic Welding: Datum & Overlap
Validate small round part robotic welding through center datum, torch attitude, circular path, start-stop overlap, inspection, and repair. Small Round Part Robotic Welding: Datum…
Adient, Dow launch bio-circular seating foam SpecFlex REN
The launch shows how mass balance certification lets seating materials claim renewable credentials without changing their composition The post Adient, Dow launch bio-circular…
‘We need a tangible proof point’: Panel warns delayed coal retirements are suppressing renewables investment in Australia
Australia's coal retirement timeline is creating a circular problem for renewable energy investment, a panel discussion revealed.
White House confirms new helipad for supersized Marine One helicopter
<p>Changes come after report says Trump unhappy with helipad’s appearance and lawn’s slope</p><p>The White House has confirmed that contractors are redoing a new helipad built on…
Toyoda Gosei expands rubber waste recovery to Group plant
The expansion reflects how automotive suppliers are slowly building the infrastructure needed for genuine circular rubber use The post Toyoda Gosei expands rubber waste recovery…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/circular.md
- RSS feed: /companies/circular/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/12203b54-33b0-45d7-9dd3-2d3380c1fdf5
- Revision history: /companies/circular/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Samsung Electronics4 models
- Butterfly Network2 models
- Abbott1 model
- Apple1 model
- Blackrock Neurotech1 model
- BrainQ1 model
Video
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Reality vs attention
Circular draws attention at the 75th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among biometric robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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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: Aug 17, 2026