Founded in May 2024 by two Carnegie Mellon University alumni, Looki positions itself as an AI-native hardware brand. Its first product, the Looki L1, is marketed as the world’s first wearable multimodal AI device and debuted internationally in August 2025, with the initial few-thousand-unit inventory selling out quickly. A China-specific version launched on JD.com that December, bringing cumulative global sales to nearly 10,000 units. The founding team includes veterans from Google, Amazon, Qualcomm, ByteDance and leading autonomous-driving companies, giving the company deep expertise in AI algorithms, product design and hardware engineering. Over roughly one year the company has completed four funding rounds, the most recent being an over $20 million Series A. Capital from these rounds is expected to fund further product development and expanded manufacturing capacity. No revenue figures were disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$30M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jan 2026