Stream

Sandbar, a startup of about fifteen people co-founded by CEO Mina Fahmi and CTO Kirak Hong, both formerly of Meta through its CTRL-Labs acquisition with Fahmi also ex-Magic Leap, is building Stream, an AI conversation-capture smart ring. The aluminum ring has a touch-sensitive top panel and a microphone that is off by default and proximity-tuned, so a wearer lifts a hand toward the face and whispers to record, with the audio transcribed to a companion iOS app that also offers conversational AI chat and media controls; it has no display, no camera, and no health sensors, explicitly distinguishing it from an Oura-style health ring. It is priced at $249 in silver and $299 in gold on pre-order with a $10-per-month Pro subscription, and the company has raised about $36 million, including a $23 million Series A in March 2026 led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures after a $13 million round in November 2025. The registry records it at pilot and pre-commercial maturity as a deliberate cap-flag: as of mid-2026 it is pre-order only with a summer-2026 ship target and a sold-out first batch, funded and productized but not yet across the shipping line, so it is not classified commercial until general delivery is confirmed. On AI substance the entire product is an AI conversation-capture and assistant device rather than veneer on an audio gadget, but real-world AI quality is unverifiable because there are no independent reviews of shipping units, so all current claims trace to the company and launch coverage.

Stream is listed at $249 to $299 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.

Yes. Stream is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Stream is made by Sandbar, based in New York, NY, USA, founded in 2024.

1 verified deployment of Stream is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Global.

Stream is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable wearable robots to Stream include Synchron Stentrode, Bee AI Wearable, Bee Pioneer, Esper Hand.

Stream and Synchron Stentrode (Synchron · 5 deployments) are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. Stream has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Stream ranks in roughly the top 50% of wearable models tracked by the registry.

Stream is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.

Stream has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.