positiveSYS.SOURCE: TechCrunch• 2026-09-16T16:00:00Z

Fortell's AI-Powered Hearing Aids Aim to Disrupt Market Monopoly with $163M Funding

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Fortell is leveraging AI to develop advanced hearing aids that prioritize important sounds, aiming to challenge the dominance of major players. The startup secured $163M in funding to drive innovation in an industry with slow progress and high costs.

“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?” That’s the question that drove Matthew de Jonge to spend six years building Fortell, an AI hearing aid startup that recently raised $163 million from the likes of Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, and Valor Equity […]

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