Heard Labs
Ambient intelligence for your terminal that turns agent activity into clear spoken updates, allowing developers to step away without falling behind.
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- Developers
- AI Engineers
- Vibe Coders
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Heard
macOS Voice Companion for AI Agents
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Products & Services
Ambient intelligence for your terminal that turns agent activity into spoken updates.
Mobile pairing feature allowing users to listen and talk back to agents via phone.
Mobile companion app for narration on the go.
Market Position
Positions itself as a 'voice companion' that provides intelligence and judgment rather than just a raw transcript. Competes with built-in voice features and other voice-to-code tools like TalkTastic.
Leadership
Founders
Cruise Chen
Founder of EPIC Connector, Product Advisor, Agentic AI specialist. Cornell Johnson MBA. Based in San Francisco Bay Area.
Kelly Sun
HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) designer/developer. Focused on building the future of HCI.
Executive Team
Cruise Chen
Founder
AI Community Leader, EPIC Connector Founder
Kelly Sun
Founder
HCI Specialist
Founding Story
Started to address the 'terminal watching' problem in AI agent workflows. While input tools have evolved, the way agents report back remains text-heavy. Heard provides a voice layer to handle agent feedback intelligently.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based (SaaS) and managed services over an open-source engine.
Pricing Tiers
Local voices, BYO keys, Open source engine
Managed voices + LLM, Cloud sync, Premium personas
Heard Mobile, Voice recognition, Approve/Redirect by voice
Target Markets
- Developers
- AI Engineers
- Vibe Coders
- Developers using AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor)
- Monitoring long-running terminal tasks away from the desk
- Managing parallel agent sessions