Sesame

Sesame is a conversational voice AI company building natural voice companions. Its own homepage, read directly, describes Sesame agents available on iOS and Android with a Download link and a research preview link, and mentions no pricing, plans or free tier, so I treat pricing as unverified for this listing. Third-party coverage says Sesame launched a public preview of its iOS app in 39 countries in May 2026 with four voice agents, Maya, Miles, Simone and Charlie, with Android planned and no date given, and that its consumer app is still free. One source says no paid consumer tiers, usage prices, enterprise rate card or eyewear price were publicly listed as of August 29, 2026, another says it will likely introduce paid plans soon, which is secondhand, and a third says it has no self-serve subscription and no metered public API.

Funding: Sesame raised a $250 million Series B in October 2025, with one aggregator giving $392 million total across six rounds, which I could not confirm. Its intelligent eyewear is a separate future product scheduled for 2027 with no public price. A September 2026 post mentions connectors, skills and smart tasks, from a low-quality source. Several of the sources are low-quality review sites, so the pricing picture is the least reliable part. For developers, there is no confirmed public API, so it is a consumer product more than a platform today.

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Voice companion conversations

Maya, Miles.

Research into natural voice AI

Research preview.

Is Sesame free?

The preview app is reported free.

Funding?

$250M Series B in October 2025.

Platforms?

iOS in preview; Android planned.

API?

None confirmed.