Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DRPlaud plans to launch a new wearable later this year that is designed to feed data directly into autonomous AI agents.CEO Nathan Xu revealed the upcoming wearable will target an eight-to-12-hour battery life and potential cellular connectivity, while the company is also experimenting with personalized AI that learns from users over time.Driven by its two million global users, Plaud projects an eye-popping $500 million in sales for 2026, even though half the year has already passed.While the experiences with the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 left many wondering if dedicated consumer AI hardware was dead on arrival, one company has quietly been proving that there is real money to be made in ambient voice capture. Plaud Inc., the startup behind a successful lineup of AI-powered note-taking devices, is planning to launch a brand-new wearable device later this year that integrates directly with AI agents.According to a Bloomberg report, Plaud’s upcoming wearable marks a strategic shift for the startup, moving from purely reactive transcription tools to hardware designed to feed data into autonomous AI agents. The ambitious product roadmap comes with massive financial expectations: the company projects an eye-popping $500 million in sales for 2026 — even with half the year already gone!