Apoorv Shankar raises $5.5M for Aina's agent-control hardware
The former Ultrahuman hardware VP is backing a physical interface thesis after Dune, a three-key Mac keypad for workflows and agents.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: TechCrunch
Why it matters
Aina is a founder-led hardware bet on AI agents as tools people actively control, a sharper thesis than the current wave of devices built around recording and summarizing.
Apoorv Shankar has raised $5.5 million for Aina, the AI hardware company he started after leaving Ultrahuman, in a bet that the next useful AI device will trigger work rather than merely record it.…