Nobody wanted voice-based mental health. Nobody wanted a wearable built to detect the storm before the breakdown. Today the AI Necklace market is being tracked through 2033. And NOVi is listed alongside some of the biggest names in the category. No VC money. No PR machine. No billion-dollar valuation. Just a founder, a mission and […]
By Ryan Hansen, Founder of NOVi On May 27, 2025, Apple filed a patent for a new wearable device they call a “wearable loop.” The press barely blinked, but I did. Because buried in that patent was a hauntingly familiar idea: “A loop-shaped electronic device… worn around the neck or wrist… capturing audio, analyzing environment, […]
By Ryan Hansen, Founder of NOVi In May 2025, the tech world lit up with the news that OpenAI had acquired Jony Ive’s design firm “io” for $6.5 billion. The mission?Build the fourth great interface — a new kind of hardware product that could change how humans interact with AI. The press called it revolutionary.Wall […]