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The first wearable that reads your emotions to enhance your EQ.

Spring 2026Founded 20265 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
AI insightcan contain mistakes
Emotional Intelligence WearableHardwareConsumers focused on mental health, performance, emotional wellnessMedium competition
Moat
Novel emotion detection sensor; proprietary ML; personal data network effects.
Key risk
Sensor accuracy and privacy concerns; unproven consumer demand for emotion tracking; competition from Oura, Apple Watch; health claims regulatory scrutiny.
Why now
Mental health awareness rising; wearable adoption mainstream; AI capability for emotion inference improving.
Competitors
Oura Ring, Apple Watch, Whoop, mental health apps

About

We've spent decades tracking everything. Sleep. Recovery. Steps. All proxies for how we feel. Performance is 90% mental. And yet no one has built the feedback loop for our emotions. We close that loop by designing a device that understands how you feel, tells you why, and what you can do about it. Emotional intelligence becomes trainable, so you can better connect and create with those around you.

Founders ยท 1

Michael Belhassen
Michael BelhassenFounder
Apple

Ex-Apple Hardware Product Designer. Recently led the design of the iPhone 17 Pro Enclosure. For the last decade I've been obsessed with one question: can human emotion be scientifically understood and measured? Now building the world's first wearable that reads your emotions to enhance your EQ.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator ยท May 2026
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The first wearable that reads your emotions to enhance your EQ.

Anoria releases a wearable bracelet that reads real-time emotional states using a Flow Score from Energy, Mood, and Focus, inferred by the SOMI model from 150 audio and biometric signals. Built for founders and creatives, it provides a feedback loop to train emotional intelligence and improve flow, with two months of early access and prototype users.

ConsumerConsumer ElectronicsArtificial IntelligenceHardwareMental Health TechConsumer Health ServicesConsumer Products

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