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name: "Aina"
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description: "Aina Computers Inc. is a consumer hardware company based in San Francisco and Bangalore. Founded in May 2025 by Apoorv Shankar, former VP of Hardware at Ultrahuman, it operated as the human-computer interaction lab Project Mirage before announcing a $5.5M seed round led by Redstart Labs and 360 ONE Asset in July 2026. Its first product was Dune, a context-aware three-key keypad for the Mac. In November 2026 it unveiled the Aina Ring, a titanium AI ring with an OLED display and a thumb-operated Shifter that suggests the wearer's next action and controls AI agents, meetings, music and calls on iPhone and Mac."
industry: "Consumer hardware"
founded: "2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z"
url: https://www.aina.com/
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  - https://x.com/AinaInterface
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publication: Rich Man Magazine
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# Aina

Aina Computers Inc. is a consumer hardware company based in San Francisco and Bangalore. Founded in May 2025 by Apoorv Shankar, former VP of Hardware at Ultrahuman, it operated as the human-computer interaction lab Project Mirage before announcing a $5.5M seed round led by Redstart Labs and 360 ONE Asset in July 2026. Its first product was Dune, a context-aware three-key keypad for the Mac. In November 2026 it unveiled the Aina Ring, a titanium AI ring with an OLED display and a thumb-operated Shifter that suggests the wearer's next action and controls AI agents, meetings, music and calls on iPhone and Mac.

## People

- **Apoorv Shankar** - Founder and CEO

## Coverage

- [undefined](/article/ai-ring-aina) - Artificial Intelligence, 2026-11-05