Mistlabs raises $26 million as Ambi exits beta on Apple devices

Mistlabs said it raised $26 million across multiple funding rounds, with Luminous Ventures and Huaqin leading them.[1] Alongside the funding announcement, the company brought Ambi out of beta on Apple devices.[3] TechCrunch described the apps as meeting notetakers that users can leave listening throughout the day, with apps releasing for iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch.[1] SiliconANGLE reported availability on Macs and Apple devices supporting iOS 18.[3] The launch announcement was dated October 12, 2026.[2]

Ambi is designed to act proactively rather than wait for a user to ask it to do something.[3] It learns about a user through conversations it hears on an iPhone, Apple Watch or Mac, and Mistlabs says its understanding of how that person works improves over time.[3] The service is based on a user’s calendar, meetings, knowledge base and web data.[1] A task can follow someone as they move between a Mac, phone and watch, and users can start a task on one device and continue it on another.[3][1]

Ambi Routines can assign recurring jobs to several agents that draw on information the system has learned about a user.[3] Mistlabs says the agents fact-check what is said as a discussion unfolds.[3] A further capability, due in the coming months, would apply when two software users meet.[3] Mistlabs is also planning a desktop app that will examine users’ work and save important parts in Ambi’s memory to inform personalized suggestions.[1] The company is planning a hardware device with a screen, speaker, camera and microphones.[1]

Users can turn off ambient data capture at any time, and it is off by default; Mistlabs said it does not store users’ recordings.[1] Mistlabs says data it retains after transcription is encrypted and stored on servers in the United States.[4] Those safeguards do not resolve every question about recording in shared settings: TechCrunch said it was unclear whether Ambi’s apps or device would sufficiently alert third parties that conversations were being recorded.[1] TechCrunch also noted that some meeting-notetaker companies have faced lawsuits over recording conversations and data without consent.[1]