If you take the subway in New York City, or drive a car in Los Angeles, you’ve seen the ads for Friend.com. “I’ll binge the entire series with you.” “I’ll never leave dirty dishes in the sink.” “I’ll ...

404Media.co covered some big news on Friend.com. The sale of Friend.com for $1,887,843. Friend, an AI companion company announced today, spent $1.8 million out of a total of $2.5 million it raised to ...

Friend, a startup creating a $99, AI-powered necklace designed to be treated as a digital companion, has delayed its first batch of shipments until Q3. Friend had planned to ship devices to preorder ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. was a senior AI reporter working with The Verge’s policy and tech teams. When was the last time you truly ...

He wants Friend.com to eventually become a social network for real-life and AI friends, and he wants to build more kinds of devices and try everything. Apparently, he’s serious. 404 Media reports he ...

Avi Schiffmann shows up to the WIRED office with a Friend hanging around his neck. It dangles there like a pendant on a necklace. It’s about the size and shape of an AirTag—a soft, round little puck ...

Ian Campbell is a reporter based in San Diego who writes features, interviews, guides and reviews for Pocket-lint. Before he spent his days covering great products for Pocket-lint readers, Ian was an ...