--- title: Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking... description: Taya, a startup founded by former Apple design engineer Elena Wagenmans, has raised $5M in seed funding led by MaC Venture Capital and Female Founders Fund.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/former-apple-engineer-raises-5m-for-a-note-taking-pendant-that-only-records-your-voice-ozcfoezpm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking pendant that only records your voice | daily.dev og:description: Taya, a startup founded by former Apple design engineer Elena Wagenmans, has raised $5M in seed funding led by MaC Venture Capital and Female Founders Fund.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/former-apple-engineer-raises-5m-for-a-note-taking-pendant-that-only-records-your-voice-ozcfoezpm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ozcfOEZpm.png og:image:alt: Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking pendant that only records your voice og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking pendant that only records your voice **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Taya, a startup founded by former Apple design engineer Elena Wagenmans, has raised $5M in seed funding led by MaC Venture Capital and Female Founders Fund. The company makes an $89 pendant-style wearable that records only the user's voice, not ambient conversations, addressing privacy concerns common with other AI note-taking wearables. The device uses voice profiling during onboarding and directional mics to isolate the wearer's voice, and pairs with an iOS app for note storage and AI-powered chat. The funding round also included participation from a16z Speedrun. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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