The concept of wearable AI devices hasn’t exactly taken off. Devices like the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI Pin have been largely criticized for overpromising while under-delivering. Now, a new company, Bee, is taking another stab at the concept with its wrist-worn AI device.
The Bee AI device, called the Bee Pioneer, is essentially designed to listen to you go about your day and use the information it collects to build a personalized knowledge base about your life. It can remember things you did during the day, create to-do lists based on what it hears, and even search through conversations you had. It’s also relatively affordable, at only $49.99, unlike the other AI devices.
I had a chance to check out the Bee Pioneer, its associated AI service Bee AI, and speak to Bee’s co-founders Ethan Sutin and Maria de Lourdes Zollo for myself at CES 2025.
Scaled-back design
If you saw someone wearing the Bee Pioneer device, you wouldn’t necessarily assume …