# Ryan Brown

> Ryan Brown is a Sesame co-founder and former Oculus hardware architect and Meta Reality Labs research engineering director. With Brendan Iribe and Ankit Kumar, he founded Sesame in 2023 to build conversational AI agents and, eventually, intelligent eyewear. He is based in Bellevue, Washington.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Sesame
- **Organizations:** Sesame, Meta Reality Labs, Oculus
- **Education:** Texas A&M University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sesame, which develops conversational voice agents and intelligent eyewear., Helped build hardware at Oculus and later led research engineering at Meta Reality Labs., Participated in Sesame’s public unveiling of Maya and Miles.

## Career timeline

- **2013-2019** — Worked at Oculus in hardware engineering and architecture.
- **2019-2023** — Directed research engineering at Meta Reality Labs.
- **2023** — Co-founded Sesame with Brendan Iribe and Ankit Kumar.
- **2025** — Sesame unveiled its Maya and Miles conversational voice research preview; Brown introduced it publicly on LinkedIn.
- **2026** — Sesame launched an iOS preview with four agents and said its eyewear would arrive in 2027.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sesame, which develops conversational voice agents and intelligent eyewear.
- Helped build hardware at Oculus and later led research engineering at Meta Reality Labs.
- Participated in Sesame’s public unveiling of Maya and Miles.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Sesame released TurnBench, an open benchmark for turn-taking in spoken dialogue.
- **2026-05** — Sesame introduced an iOS preview with Maya, Miles, Simone and Charlie and said eyewear was planned for 2027.
- **2025-10** — Sesame announced a $250 million Series B and opened an early iOS beta.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhbrown

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Last updated: 2026-09-29