Wearable AI Companion Rivalry

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'Black Mirror'-like Friend companion has AI startup founders beefing

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Friend announced its wearable AI companion on Tuesday .

Based Hardware and Based Social startups are beefing about alleged copying of branding.

All three companies' founders are now feuding about it on X.

Friend is a USB-C rechargeable AI pendant worn on a pendant.

Based Social uses AI to listen to and summarise conversations.

Friend will be available in the U.S. and Canada early next year .

It is only compatible with iOS, with Android support potentially to be added "depending on demand" People on social media were unimpressed at Friend 's scant privacy information.

The company paid $1.8 million for the Friend.com domain alone.

It's still a sizable chunk of change from the $2.5 million Friend raised from investors.

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