{"id":"98b0e375-c5b8-4605-a0ee-a76ab7031e77","companyId":"2ce88a35-6b80-4710-8129-75a39594ce17","modelName":"Hey Pocket","slug":"hey-pocket","description":"Hey Pocket, by Open Vision Engineering, Inc. (San Francisco, founded 2024; founders Akshay Narisetti, CEO, and Gabriel Dymowski, a former DoxyChain CEO; a Y Combinator W26 company with about $500,000 in seed funding from January 2026), is a screenless AI voice recorder and thought companion. The 52-gram device works as a standalone wearable and also MagSafe-attaches to the back of a phone, with dual studio microphones plus a contact microphone for phone calls and on-device storage, running cloud AI transcription in more than 120 languages with summaries, mind maps, action-item extraction, and an Ask-Pocket question-and-answer feature, with multi-model routing across GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini. It sells for $99 at launch against a $199 regular price, with a free core and no subscription required, and an optional Pocket Pro plan at $19.99 a month, a no-subscription-core positioning that is its differentiator against rivals. The registry's verdict resolves the dispatch's question: Hey Pocket is a real, shipping product, not vaporware, with live iOS and Android apps, recorded at commercial maturity. A lineage cross-link is worth noting: CEO Akshay Narisetti previously built Omi, the open-source AI note-taker already in the registry, before founding Pocket, though the two are separate companies and products. The AI is genuine cloud functionality rather than veneer, while exact unit sales, the world's-first superlative, and real-world speaker-separation accuracy are not independently verified.","formFactor":"wearable","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verdict: REAL (not vaporware)","value":"Hey Pocket surfaced in AlsoAsked 'Wearable AI' data; audit confirms it is a REAL, actively-marketed, shipping device - NOT vaporware. Legal entity: Open Vision Engineering, Inc. (San Francisco; founded 2024). Founders Akshay Narisetti (CEO) + Gabriel Dymowski (ex-CEO DoxyChain). YC W26; ~$500K seed (Jan 2026). maturity=commercial (shipping now, iOS+Android apps live)."},{"label":"Lineage cross-link","value":"CEO Akshay Narisetti PREVIOUSLY BUILT Omi (the open-source AI note-taker, in registry as model omi under based-hardware) before founding Pocket. Separate companies/products; worth a cross-link."},{"label":"AI-substance: genuine","value":"Cloud AI transcription (120+ languages), auto summaries, mind maps, action-item extraction, Ask-Pocket Q&A; multi-model routing (GPT-5/Claude/Gemini). Captive-vs-sale: hardware SALE + freemium SaaS; the no-subscription-core positioning is its differentiator vs Plaud/Compass."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Exact unit sales/shipment volumes; 'world's first AI thought companion' superlative (marketing); real-world speaker-separation accuracy (not independently benchmarked in a tier-1 review yet)."}],"specs":"Screenless AI voice recorder, 52g; standalone wearable that also MagSafe-attaches to the back of a phone; dual studio mics + contact mic (for phone calls); on-device storage + battery. $99 launch (reg $199); FREE core, NO subscription required; Pocket Pro $19.99/mo (speaker labels, 100+ summary styles, unlimited Ask Pocket). iOS + Android. Multi-model cloud AI ('powered by GPT-5, Claude, Gemini') transcription in 120+ languages, summaries, mind maps, action items, Ask-Pocket Q&A. Proprietary.","formFactor":"wearable (screenless AI voice recorder / 'thought companion'; standalone + MagSafe phone-attach)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.heypocket.com/","title":"Hey Pocket: screenless AI voice recorder; $99; free core; multi-model (GPT-5/Claude/Gemini)","sourceName":"Hey Pocket (official)"},{"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pocket","title":"Pocket (YC W26); Open Vision Engineering; founders Akshay Narisetti + Gabriel Dymowski","sourceName":"Y Combinator"},{"url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openvision-engineering","title":"Open Vision Engineering Inc. (~$500K seed Jan 2026; YC W26)","sourceName":"Crunchbase"},{"url":"https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/this-sleek-new-ai-device-will-transcribe-your-day","title":"Hey Pocket AI device transcribes your day (independent coverage)","sourceName":"TechRadar"}],"aliases":["Hey Pocket","Pocket","Pocket AI"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T21:08:47.570Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T21:08:47.570Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/hey-pocket","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/hey-pocket","name":"Hey Pocket","alternateName":["Hey Pocket","Pocket","Pocket AI"],"description":"Hey Pocket, by Open Vision Engineering, Inc. (San Francisco, founded 2024; founders Akshay Narisetti, CEO, and Gabriel Dymowski, a former DoxyChain CEO; a Y Combinator W26 company with about $500,000 in seed funding from January 2026), is a screenless AI voice recorder and thought companion. The 52-gram device works as a standalone wearable and also MagSafe-attaches to the back of a phone, with dual studio microphones plus a contact microphone for phone calls and on-device storage, running cloud AI transcription in more than 120 languages with summaries, mind maps, action-item extraction, and an Ask-Pocket question-and-answer feature, with multi-model routing across GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini. It sells for $99 at launch against a $199 regular price, with a free core and no subscription required, and an optional Pocket Pro plan at $19.99 a month, a no-subscription-core positioning that is its differentiator against rivals. The registry's verdict resolves the dispatch's question: Hey Pocket is a real, shipping product, not vaporware, with live iOS and Android apps, recorded at commercial maturity. A lineage cross-link is worth noting: CEO Akshay Narisetti previously built Omi, the open-source AI note-taker already in the registry, before founding Pocket, though the two are separate companies and products. The AI is genuine cloud functionality rather than veneer, while exact unit sales, the world's-first superlative, and real-world speaker-separation accuracy are not independently verified.","identifier":"98b0e375-c5b8-4605-a0ee-a76ab7031e77","category":"wearable","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}