The problem
People with hearing loss can't follow conversations in noisy rooms, even with expensive hearing aids
What they do
Prescription AI hearing aids on custom chips, sold through its own audiology clinics
Traction Launched Dec 2025 at $6,800/pair; demand outstrips supply, 1 clinic grown to 4
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 16
- Ops roles
- 3
- Headcount
- ~60
Headcount +10% YoY to ~60 (LinkedIn/Simplify, est.); 14 open roles, mostly audiologists
Hiring in
- New York
- SF Bay Area
- Miami
- Remote (US)
Latest news
Sep 2026
Featured on TechCrunch Equity after $163M total raised at $740M valuation; record HearAdvisor score ↗Funding
- Last round
- $77M
- Stage
- Series C
- Date
- Oct 2025
Led by Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Valor Equity Partners; Optum Ventures, Lux Capital participating
- Hiring+1.516 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+1Series C · $77M, Oct 2025 (12 months ago): 6–12 months = +1
- Traction+0.75Some growth: Launched Dec 2025 at $6,800/pair; demand outstrips supply, 1 clinic grown to 4
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total3.251.5 + 1 + 0.75 − 0 = 3.25 → Steady (1.5–3.49)
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven · edge: hard to leave
Best-ever independent speech-in-noise scores on its own silicon, but only a few clinics against five incumbents holding 97% of the market.
Sources: HearAdvisor expert review (record scores) ↗ · TechCrunch Equity, Sep 2026 (five makers hold 97%) ↗ · HearingTracker review, Sep 2026 (clinic footprint) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026