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Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background
Publisher description: Ambi is releasing apps for iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch that enables ambient capture
TechCrunch | Oct 12, 2026 | Ivan Mehta
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There’s obviously privacy and data security concerns with anything that’s collecting data about you continuously. These apps act like meeting note-takers, but users can choose to have them listening so they can capture context all day. Mo said that users can turn off ambient data capture on Ambi’s apps and devices at any time, and the feature is off by default.
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