Sesame AI launches iOS app with voice agents in 39 countries

Sesame released a free iOS preview this week featuring four voice agents — Maya, Miles, Simone, and Charlie — each with distinct personalities and persistent memory.sesame
The app is available in 39 countries and includes real-time search, incognito mode, and text options, with an Android version also in development.sesame
Backed by $250M from Sequoia and Spark Capital, Sesame says the app is a stepping stone toward intelligent eyewear planned for 2027.techcrunch

Sesame AI Launches iOS App With Four Voice Agents Across 39 Countries

Sesame, the conversational AI startup led by former Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, has released a public iOS app preview featuring four distinct AI agents, marking the company’s most accessible product launch to date.

A New Kind of Voice Companion

The app, which went live on the App Store this week, offers users access to Maya, Miles, Simone, and Charlie — each designed with a unique voice, personality, and independent memory system. The preview is available for free in 39 countries, though users may encounter a waitlist as the company scales access.apple

Raven Jiang, Sesame’s head of product engineering, wrote in a blog post announcing the launch that the company optimized its technology stack to reduce latency and trained its agents to better handle conversational rhythm. A central feature is what Sesame calls real-time search: agents can run multiple parallel searches while speaking and weave results into their responses mid-sentence, pivoting if new information arrives.sesame

“Instead of agonizing over the perfect prompt, just speak your mind and let the natural flow of the conversation take you where you want to go,” Jiang wrote.sesame

Memory, Privacy, and Personalization

Each agent maintains its own memory, so conversations with Miles remain separate from those with Maya, and context persists across voice and text interactions. For sensitive topics, an Incognito mode allows conversations that draw on prior context but save nothing new.sesame

The app also includes search cards with image results, a notes feature to capture takeaways, texting for quiet moments, and deep dives for in-depth research — all designed as voice-first experiences.sesame

From Phones to Faces

Sesame raised $250 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital in October 2025, positioning itself to develop intelligent eyewear alongside its software offerings. The company describes the iOS preview as “an important step on the road to intelligent eyewear (coming 2027),” with an Android version also in development.techcrunch

The app’s launch transforms Sesame from an invite-only beta into a broadly available product, setting up a direct challenge to voice AI efforts from Meta Platforms, Inc. and Apple as the race to build persistent, personalized AI companions accelerates.