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AI Hearing Aid Startup Fortell Raises $163 Million From Founders Fund and Thrive Capital

Founder Matthew de Jonge secured funding from prominent investors to develop AI-powered hearing aids that address user adoption challenges.

1 publisher · 2 articles · first seen 16 Sept 2026 · updated 48d ago

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  1. How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly TechCrunch ·
  2. Why Thrive, Founders Fund, and Antonio Gracias are betting on hearing aids TechCrunch Startups ·

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  • Thrive Capital
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  • Antonio Gracias
  • Matthew de Jonge
  • Fortell
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