Avi Schiffmann
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Avi Schiffmann is an American technologist and entrepreneur who founded the AI wearables startup Friend. He first gained attention for public-interest web projects, including the COVID-19 dashboard nCoV2019.live and the refugee-housing platform Ukraine Take Shelter, work for which he received the Webby Awards' Person of the Year honor in 2020. He later turned to consumer hardware, creating Friend, an AI wearable designed to address loneliness. Under his direction, Friend released a second version featuring a built-in speaker and voice personality, priced at $249, an increase from its original cost.
Updated 6 August 2026
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Friend AI pendant relaunches with built-in speaker and voice interaction at $249 Product launch
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- Develops Friend · 1 source