Overview

• Amazon confirmed plans to acquire San Francisco startup Bee but has not yet closed the transaction or disclosed financial terms.
• Bee’s $49.99 wristband uses on-device microphones and cloud AI to transcribe conversations and generate summaries, reminders and to-do lists without storing raw audio.
• All Bee employees have received offers to join Amazon’s Devices division as part of the integration plan.
• Amazon spokesperson Alexandra Miller said the company will extend Bee’s privacy measures—such as its policy against saving audio—to future device operations.
• The acquisition signals Amazon’s renewed push into AI-driven wearables alongside its recent Nova models, Trainium chips and Bedrock marketplace.