Overview

• Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire Bee, a San Francisco-based AI wearables startup, with the deal still pending and terms kept confidential.
• Bee’s $49.99 wristband uses always-on microphones and AI to transcribe conversations into daily summaries, reminders and suggestions without storing raw audio.
• Amazon has extended job offers to all Bee employees and plans to integrate the startup into its Devices division under Panos Panay.
• The company has pledged to preserve Bee’s privacy-first design by processing audio in real time on-device and giving users granular data control.
• The acquisition marks Amazon’s return to consumer wearables after discontinuing its Halo fitness tracker in 2023 and aligns with its push into AI-embedded hardware.