# AirCaps

> AirCaps builds lightweight AR smart glasses that display real-time captions, translate 60+ languages, and take AI meeting notes directly in your field of view. Founded by Yale and Cornell computer scientists who have been building on smart glasses since age 13, the company started with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community and expanded to travelers, language learners, and professionals. The 49-gram glasses run a 4-microphone beamforming array, claim 97% caption accuracy at roughly 300ms latency, and sell for $599 with a free-forever tier.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Madhav Lavakare (Co-founder & CEO), Nirbhay Narang (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~5-10
- **Products:** AirCaps Smart Glasses, Live Translation, AI Meeting Intelligence, AirCaps Pro
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch, Processed 16,500+ hours of real-world conversations, 91% day-30 retention rate

## Products & services

- **AirCaps Smart Glasses** — 49g AR glasses with a private binocular display that shows real-time captions from a 4-microphone beamforming array, with claimed 97% accuracy and ~300ms latency. Up to 8 hours battery, prescription support from -16 to +16 diopters, and speaker identification for up to 15 people.
- **Live Translation** — Real-time translation across 60+ languages with context-aware AI that handles idioms and cultural nuance, displayed on-lens.
- **AI Meeting Intelligence** — Automatic meeting notes with action items, speaker identification, searchable conversation history, and sales frameworks like MEDDIC tracking for professionals.
- **AirCaps Pro** — $20/month subscription unlocking 97%+ accuracy, all 60+ languages, translation, and AI meeting features. A free-forever tier offers unlimited captions in 9 languages plus 5 Pro hours per month.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch
- Processed 16,500+ hours of real-world conversations
- 91% day-30 retention rate
- Reported $93K revenue in a month at 6.5x MoM growth
- Featured in WIRED, The New Yorker, Forbes, Fast Company, Smithsonian Magazine, and Scientific American
- Earlier incarnation (TranscribeGlass) drew 75M+ TikTok views and 150K+ followers

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Reported venture funding activity; total funding to date reported around $130K.
- **2026-01** — Featured in the American Bar Association's GPSolo eReport product note on AirCaps smart glasses.
- **2025-10** — Announced YC Fall 2025 acceptance and rebrand from TranscribeGlass to AirCaps; reported $93K monthly revenue at 6.5x MoM growth.

## Links

- Website: https://aircaps.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryaircaps
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tryaircaps
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tryaircaps
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tryaircaps
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tryaircaps

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Last updated: 2026-07-31