Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
Startup Aina has raised $5.5 million to develop hardware interfaces designed to control AI agents. The company's first product, Dune, is a context-aware macro keyboard intended to streamline user interaction with AI software.
Why it matters
As AI agents become more prevalent, the race to create intuitive physical interfaces to control them is becoming a major focus for hardware startups.
The race to build the next AI interface is crowded with startups. The Sandbar ring, Plaud’s AI pin and desktop notetaker, and Pocket’s credit card-sized pucks are all vying to capture what you say and do. Bee and Friend take the wearable route, while Meta Ray-Bans and Even Realities are betting on smart glasses. Now, a Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based startup, Aina (“mirror” in Hindi), is trying to make its own mark in this crowded field of human-computer interface devices.
The company announced today that it has raised $5.5 million in a round led by Redstart Labs (Infoedge, India) and 360 ONE, with participation from MIXI Global Investments, Antler, and Blume Founders Fund.
The round also drew individual investors, including newly appointed WhatsApp head Kunal Shah, Razorpay co-founders Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar, and Scribd founder Tikhon Bernstam.
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