Era
Category: Voice / Speech AI
A software platform that enables hardware makers to integrate diverse LLMs and create AI agents for AI gadgets and wearables. Era was founded in 2025. The company is led by Liz Dorman. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Total funding raised: $11M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include ["Topology Ventures","Betaworks","BoxGroup","Collaborative Fund","Mozilla Ventures","Abstract Ventures"].
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Total funding
- $11M
Value proposition
Provides a software orchestration layer that handles tasks like customized voice creation and adding intelligence to hardware, allowing device makers to focus on hardware while Era manages the AI agent framework and model routing.
Products and solutions
["AI device software orchestration platform","Developer kit for AI gadgets","Software orchestration platform for AI gadgets","Developer kit for AI hardware makers"]
Target customer
Hardware makers and developers building AI gadgets, wearables, glasses, jewelry, and home speakers.
Industries served
["Consumer Electronics","Wearables"]
Technology advantage
Dynamic routing across over 130 LLMs from 14+ providers; manages real-time context and multimodal inputs for devices; addresses real-world constraints like connectivity and customized voice creation.
How they differentiate
Focuses exclusively on being a horizontal software orchestration layer for AI hardware, enabling diverse form factors, rather than building hardware themselves. Commoditizes the intelligence layer for a fragmented hardware market.
Major milestones
["Raised $11M in total funding to date","Held a developer showcase in New York for artists using its kit","Raised $9M seed round led by Abstract Ventures and BoxGroup"]
Market positioning
An enabler and foundational orchestration framework for the next generation of decentralized, purpose-built AI consumer gadgets, aiming to facilitate a Cambrian explosion of specialized devices.
About Liz Dorman
Previously worked at Humane on AI orchestration. Alumni from the Sam Altman/Jony Ive io project.
Official website: https://era.app/