Hippos (Hippos Exoskeleton / Hippos Technologies)
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- Total funding
- —
- Valuation
- —
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Not publicly disclosed (US-based)
- Segment
- Smart Wearable – AI Airbag Knee Legging (protective, non-motorized)
- Status
- Private
- Target market
- Sports/Athletic, Military (US Army), Medical/Rehab (upcoming), Consumer
- Founders
- Kylin Shaw (CEO), Bhavy Metakar (CTO)
- Website
- www.hippos.life
Notes
AI-enabled knee legging that detects risky movement and deploys an airbag in ~30ms (faster than the ~60ms ACL tears take to occur) to prevent injury. $642K pre-seed (Possible Ventures, Silicon Roundabout Ventures; angels incl. Thomas Wolf of Hugging Face, Amar Shah of Wayve). Bootstrapped from ~$1K in personal savings pre-raise. $129 unit + $29-$99/mo subscription; trials with UK football clubs & skier Alex Schlopy. Founding year approximate — reported as recently founded/pre-seed as of Nov 2024.
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