Sandbar is an interface company founded by Mina Fahmi & Kirak Hong in New York City.

Our team has built & shipped products involving audio, computer vision, consumer hardware, distributed software, and machine learning.

We are supported by True Ventures, Upfront, Betaworks, and others who believe deeply in our mission.

Sandbar is an interface company founded by Mina Fahmi & Kirak Hong in New York City.

Our team has built & shipped products involving audio, computer vision, consumer hardware, distributed software, and machine learning.

We are supported by True Ventures, Upfront, Betaworks, and others who believe deeply in our mission.

We aim to close the gap between humans & AI, to better navigate the world around & inside us. To achieve this, we believe a new interface is needed; an interface with telepathic-like speed & privacy, that understands you as an extension of yourself.

First came keyboards, then mice, then touchscreens. In the same vein, we believe new devices enable new forms of human-computer interaction, and we’re designing our first product with a few principles in mind:

⊙ Familiar forms over statement pieces
⊙ Active control over passive recording
⊙ Self extension over AI companions

We aim to close the gap between humans & AI, to better navigate the world around & inside us. To achieve this, we believe a new interface is needed; an interface with telepathic-like speed & privacy, that understands you as an extension of yourself.

First came keyboards, then mice, then touchscreens. In the same vein, we believe new devices enable new forms of human-computer interaction, and we’re designing our first product with a few principles in mind:

⊙ Familiar forms over statement pieces
⊙ Active control over passive recording
⊙ Self extension over AI companions


We're building a team in New York City, an epicenter of human diversity & expression. If you care deeply about people, the real world, and the interfaces between, we’d love to connect.

Careers / Contact


We're building a team in New York City, an epicenter of human diversity & expression. If you care deeply about people, the real world, and the interfaces between, we’d love to connect.

Careers / Contact