Sesame
by Sesame AI
At a glance
Conversational voice AI from the Oculus co-founder's startup, known for its lifelike Maya voice companion demo.
conversational-voice voice-assistant wearables
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Audio, Voice & Music
- Business model
- Free
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2025
Overview
Sesame is a voice AI startup co-founded by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, known for its strikingly lifelike conversational voice demos featuring the companions Maya and Miles. Its Conversational Speech Model (CSM) focuses on natural prosody, emotion, and real-time dialogue, and the company is also developing AI-enabled eyewear. The public demo is free, and a base CSM model has been open-sourced.
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Key features
- Lifelike real-time voice conversation (Maya and Miles demos)
- Conversational Speech Model with natural prosody and emotion
- Open-sourced CSM-1B base model on permissive terms
- AI eyewear under development for all-day voice companions
Use cases
- Experiencing natural voice AI conversation via the web demo
- Research and building on the open CSM speech model
- Future hands-free companion use through smart glasses
Pricing
Sesame's voice demo is free to try; the company has not launched paid consumer products yet, and its CSM-1B model is openly released.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-09
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/sesame/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Audio and voice
Derived from the record: category "audio-voice".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Android iOS
Matched on the vendor page: “talk things through, and follow your curiosity. Available on iOS and Android, coming soon to eyewear. Download Download Image by Osamu Yokonami Discover Journal Team Car”
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
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- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
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- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
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Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
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- Not recorded
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- Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Runs on
- Verified 2026-10-09 www.sesame.com ↗
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
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- Official service region
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- Public API
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- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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Platform support: android, ios Verified 2026-10-09 www.sesame.com ↗
Applies to: As stated on sesame.com on 2026-10-09
Matched on the vendor page: “talk things through, and follow your curiosity. Available on iOS and Android, coming soon to eyewear. Download Download Image by Osamu Yokonami Discover Journal Team Car”
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Frequently asked questions
What is Sesame known for?
Sesame is known for Maya, a strikingly lifelike conversational voice AI demo built on its Conversational Speech Model.
Is Sesame free?
Yes. The voice demo is free, and Sesame has open-sourced its CSM-1B base speech model.
Who founded Sesame?
Sesame was co-founded by Brendan Iribe, co-founder and former CEO of Oculus.
What does Sesame not document?
No public documentation or pricing page is recorded for Sesame because neither could be confirmed on its own site, and its API, licence terms and commercial-use rights are not established here.
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