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Friend, the AI pendant that listens and talks, relaunched as Friend 2.0 with a speaker for spoken replies. The price doubled from $129 to $249. Memories last 30 days without a $9.99 monthly subscription. Founder Avi Schiffmann spent $1.8 million on the friend.com domain.

Friend relaunched its AI pendant with a built-in speaker that talks to users, doubling the price from $129 to $249. The company previously spent $1.8 million of its $2.5 million to acquire friend.com and ran NYC subway ads.
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