Full-Time

Creative Lead

Content

Sandbar

Sandbar

51-200 employees

Develops private voice communication interface

Compensation Overview

$120k - $150k/yr

+ Equity

New York, NY, USA

In Person

Category
Social Media (1)
Required Skills
Social Media
Animation
Video Editing

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Requirements
  • You have built an audience before for a brand, a product you started, or yourself.
  • You have a portfolio or feed showing taste across video, static, and motion with content you have built.
  • You can shoot, edit, design, and animate independently without a team.
  • You identify opportunities, make bets, and move quickly.
Responsibilities
  • Own content strategy and creation across Instagram, YouTube, X, and other platforms.
  • Create short-form video, static posts, and motion graphics from concept through publication.
  • Produce content in partnership with external partners.
  • Shoot and edit content with an iPhone-native, high-craft aesthetic.
  • Support brand design as needed, including emails and brand collateral.

Sandbar creates an interface built around Stream, a private voice space designed to hold and organize everything on your mind. It uses voice as the main input and workspace to capture thoughts, ideas, and notes in a private ring, rather than public posts or text-only tools. Users talk to Stream to record and manage what they’re thinking, and the interface guides how those thoughts are stored, recalled, and organized. Sandbar differentiates itself by focusing on a private, voice-first space rather than mass-market social feeds or public messaging, aiming to give people a personal, accessible way to capture and structure their inner thoughts. The company’s goal is to provide a simple, private voice interface that lets you express and organize everything on your mind through Stream.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$36M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Sandbar raised $23 million in March 2026, bringing total funding to $36 million.
  • Preorders opened at $249 and $299, signaling consumer demand before first shipments.
  • Amazon's Bee acquisition validated ambient AI wearables and expanded awareness of the category.

What critics are saying

  • Stream ships in batches from summer 2026, leaving months for Amazon and Oura to copy.
  • Sandbar depends on iPhone-first software and U.S. availability, blocking Android and global growth.
  • If subscriptions stall, the $10 Stream Pro model collapses and hardware margins alone fail.

What makes Sandbar unique

  • Sandbar's Stream ring targets voice capture, not fitness, unlike Oura and Samsung.
  • Former Meta engineers Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong built Stream from neural interface expertise.
  • Stream pairs a ring with iOS software, turning whispers into searchable notes and tasks.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

27%
TechCrunch
Aug 12th, 2026
Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice | TechCrunch

Watch as Sandbar CEO Mina Fahmi joins Equity to discuss the future of AI wearables and what other AI hardware companies got wrong.

Upstarts Media
Mar 10th, 2026
AI ring startup Sandbar raises $23M to launch Stream note-taking device

Sandbar, an AI hardware startup, has raised $23 million in a Series A round co-led by Adjacent and Kindred Ventures to launch Stream, an AI note-taking ring. The company previously raised $13 million from True Ventures, Upfront and Betaworks. Founded in 2023 by Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong, who previously worked on Meta's neural wristband project, Sandbar's Stream ring allows users to capture notes and ideas through voice commands with a simple hand-to-mouth gesture. The device, priced between $249 and $299, combines hardware including a haptic motor with customised AI models to process audio inputs and resurface relevant past notes. The startup's 15-person team plans to release Stream this summer, initially focusing on note-taking and brainstorming capabilities. Sandbar envisions the ring serving as an interface for apps like Notion and potentially managing autonomous AI agents.

Tech Funding News
Nov 7th, 2025
Sandbar raises $13M for Stream ring

Sandbar, founded by former Meta engineers, has raised $13M to launch Stream, a voice-controlled smart ring. Stream, described as "a mouse for voice," is worn on the index finger and features built-in microphones and a touchpad. It allows users to capture notes, interact with assistants, and control media through gestures. The ring activates only when pressed, ensuring privacy, and transcribes even whispers into its companion iOS app with high accuracy.