October 21, 2025

Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta

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Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smartglasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI.