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NotePin
The Plaud NotePin is a lightweight wearable AI voice recorder (worn as a clip, pendant, or on a wristband) made by Plaud.AI, launched in August/September 2024…
- Manufacturer
- Plaud AI
- Form factor
- wearable
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- plaud.ai ↗
The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies NotePin, a wearable by Plaud AI (commercial): 1 verified deployment on record. 7 sources back the record.
Overview
The Plaud NotePin is a lightweight wearable AI voice recorder (worn as a clip, pendant, or on a wristband) made by Plaud.AI, launched in August/September 2024 at about $169 with an optional subscription. It records meetings and conversations and uses third-party large language models (GPT, Claude, Gemini) for transcription and AI summarization, and independent reviews confirm those core features work as advertised.
A successor, the NotePin S, launched in January 2026. The registry records it at commercial maturity: it ships, is purchasable, and is independently verified as functional. Plaud's sales and revenue figures (1M+ devices, profitability, $180M-$250M annualized revenue) are company self-reports and are recorded as claimed, not independently audited.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Price
Form factor
Launch
Function
Successor
Specs
Notes
Launch
Function
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
2
News coverage
2
Web sources
3
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Shipping now
- Price
- $159 (actual sale price)as of 2026-06-17
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
One-time purchase
$159 USDactual sale priceas of 2026-06-17
History
- 2024-09$169actual sale pricePlaud.AI (NotePin product page)
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jun 17, 2026
Deployments (1)
- NotePin at Globaloperational
Plaud AI NotePin aggregate global deployment.
NotePin on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere NotePin is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Price point recorded: $159VerifiedJun 17, 2026
Actual sale price
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Plaud AI note-taking wearables
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recorded: $169VerifiedSep 20, 2024
Actual sale price
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at Global
Deployment-verified media (1)
Plaud introduction of its AI note-taking products, including the NotePin wearable. NotePin is press-to-record and requires a companion app; marketing claims are the maker's.
From deployment: Global
Safety record
No incidents on record for NotePin.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (7)
- https://www.plaud.ai/products/notepin
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/plaudai-introduces-plaud-notepin-the-future-of-enhanced-productivity-is-an-ultra-light-wearable-ai-device-302232959.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/20/plauds-169-chatgpt-powered-notepin-has-a-permanent-place-in-my-travel-bag/
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/04/plaud-launches-a-new-ai-pin-and-a-desktop-meeting-notetaker/
- https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/05/plaud-launches-notepin-s-wearable-ai-recorder-bot-free-desktop-app/
- https://blog.lon.tv/2024/09/26/plaud-ai-notepin-review/
- https://sacra.com/c/plaud/
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Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: wearable
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for NotePin.Recent coverage
NotePin in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning NotePin from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Plaud NotePin S: The Ultimate Wearable AI Recorder - AndroidGuys
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The PLAUD NotePin S is an AI voice recorder you can wear - Creative Bloq
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Can a Note-Taking AI Bracelet Really Make You More Productive? I Tested One to Find Out. - The New York Times
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Plaud NotePin S adds real-time highlights to wearable AI workflows - Pocket-lint
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I'm an AI expert, and this note-taking pin is the most convincing hardware I've tried at CES - ZDNET
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Why Plaud’s Newest Tiny AI Gadget Is My CES 2026 Secret Weapon - CNET
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Plaud introduces NotePin S wearable recorder and Plaud Desktop app for AI assisted note taking - Mighty Gadget
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Plaud strikes hard at CES 2026: NotePin S (button + highlight) and Desktop without intrusive bot - Maison et Domotique
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New Plaud AI NotePin S Adds Recording Button, Desktop App for Online Calls - PCMag
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Plaud launches NotePin S wearable AI recorder and bot-free desktop app - SiliconANGLE
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Plaud Desktop Captures Your Virtual Meetings Without the Bot Awkwardness - The Gadgeteer
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Plaud Unveils Plaud NotePin S and Plaud Desktop, at CES, the Only Note-Taking Solution That Seamlessly Bridges In-Person and Online Conversations - Business Wire
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/plaud-notepin.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/d27ce3fa-7c40-43f0-ba46-ac57b40a81de
- Revision history: /models/plaud-notepin/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/plaud-notepin
Reality vs attention
NotePin draws attention at the 46th percentile but verifies reality at the 24th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap +22.3, 13th widest among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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 1, 2026