# Sesame

> Conversational speech AI building lifelike voice companions and AI glasses.

## Why it is interesting

Founded by Oculus alumni, Sesame's sub-300ms CSM targets emotionally expressive dialogue — a16z led early rounds before Sequoia/Spark co-led the 2025 mega-round.

## Profile

- **Stage:** series-b
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** ai-ml, consumer
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## Key facts

- Series B (Oct 2025): $250M co-led by Sequoia and Spark Capital (Sacra)
- Series A (2025): $47.5M led by a16z with Spark, Matrix (Sacra)
- Source: https://sacra.com/c/sesame-ai/

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/sequoia
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/spark-capital
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/general-catalyst
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/benchmark

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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Source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/sesame