Digital · Origine US / UK
How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly
Source: Theresa Loconsolo · Publié 16 sept. 2026, 18:00

Watch as Fortell co-founder and CEO Matthew de Jonge joins Equity to dig into how the startup raised $163 million to take on a hearing aid market dominated by five companies, and why investors think AI can change it.
“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?”  That’s the question that drove Matthew de Jonge to spend six years building Fortell, an AI hearing aid startup that recently raised $163 million from the likes of Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, and Valor Equity […]
Dans Digital, Theresa Loconsolo place cette histoire au centre de la journée : “Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?”  That’s the question that drove Matthew de Jonge to spend six years building Fortell, an AI hearing aid startup that recently raised $163 million from the likes of Founders Fund, Thrive Capita FlexChar la retient parce qu’elle concentre recherches et discussion.
Brief éditorial FlexChar. L’article complet appartient à la source.
Lire la source originaleBlog
À lire aussi

Digital
Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices
Sarah Perez · il y a 7 heures

Digital
Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home
FlexChar · il y a 7 heures

Digital
Your ‘health age’ is fake
FlexChar · il y a 7 heures
Digital
Poll shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by AI’s ecological footprint
Al Jazeera · il y a 7 heures