AirCaps

People with hearing loss often lose track of conversations in noisy settings like restaurants, parties, and theaters, and existing captioning options like phone screens force them to look away from the speaker rather than maintain eye contact. International travelers and multilingual families struggle to understand and speak across language barriers when ordering food, closing deals, or catching up with relatives abroad. Professionals such as sales reps, doctors, founders, and lawyers often miss details or forget commitments made in meetings because there is no easy way to capture notes, action items, or context in real time. Customer testimonials describe feeling left out of group conversations, missing jokes, and relying on others to repeat or explain what was said.

AirCaps are lightweight (49g) smart glasses with a 4-microphone beamforming array that captures nearby speech and an AI system that converts it into captions or translations within 300ms, displayed privately in the lenses so only the wearer sees it. The glasses offer 97% caption accuracy and 95% translation accuracy across 60+ languages, using context-aware AI to handle idioms and cultural nuances. For professionals, the product adds AI meeting intelligence including automatic notes, action items, MEDDIC tracking, speaker identification, and searchable conversation history. The free tier offers unlimited captions in 9 languages, while a $20/month Pro subscription unlocks the full 60+ languages, translation, and meeting features; the device is sold for $599 with free shipping to 10 countries and a 15-day return window.