NeoSapien has raised 2 million dollars in seed funding, a round led by Merak Ventures with participation from prominent investors including Awais Ahmed, Anupam Mittal, Sameer Mehta, Namita Thapar and Aprameya Radhakrishna. The company announced that the new investment will be directed toward accelerating product development, strengthening market visibility and expanding hiring across key functions. Founded in 2024 by brothers Dhananjay and Aryan Yadav, NeoSapien is building an ambitious AI-driven wearable ecosystem anchored by its flagship device, Neo 1—an assistant that captures real-time conversations and user actions, processes them intelligently, and supports over 100 languages through multilingual AI capabilities.
The founders envision the company becoming a core platform provider for personal AI assistants integrated into various wearables such as glasses, pendants, watches and rings. Their broader technology stack revolves around NeoOS, the operating system powering these experiences, and NeoCore, a development toolkit designed to help third-party builders create new applications for AI-native devices. Describing the philosophy behind the product, cofounder Dhananjay Yadav said, “We’re building technology that fades into the background so you can stay present in your life,” highlighting that Neo 1 is engineered to remember user interactions, understand contextual cues and generate actionable insights effortlessly. He added that the device minimizes the cognitive load associated with keeping track of conversations and long-term context, helping users stay focused on what matters most.
Investor confidence in NeoSapien stems from the company’s early momentum and potential to shape the emerging category of personal AI assistants. Merak Ventures, which led the round, said NeoSapien is uniquely positioned in a fast-developing global market. As founding partner Sheetal Bahl noted, “Seldom has India had a chance to participate in a global, tectonic shift, but with PAIAs it has a real shot at doing so. NeoSapien is by far the top contender to take India there.” He also underscored the team’s ability to rapidly prototype and deliver hardware, pointing out that they built a consumer-ready device in under a year with modest resources. Bahl expressed optimism that NeoOS could eventually support “hundreds of millions of AI wearables in India and worldwide.”
With the fresh capital and growing investor backing, NeoSapien is positioning itself as a key player in the next wave of AI-powered personal technology—one where wearables become intelligent companions capable of understanding context, memory and human intent at scale.
