AI assistant founder sees potential in screenless hardware for more natural interactions

Gadagari linked interest in a hardware device to his company’s mission of making computing seamless with human life. He said average screen time is six hours and that short-form videos are being added to apps, even though many people would prefer to be less distracted by them. In his view, screenless hardware could let people get the same amount of work done while spending less time on their phones.

As an example, he described telling a wristband to take an action—such as connecting people in a conversation. In his view, this avoids the physical barrier created when someone takes out a phone. An interviewer cautioned that real consumer behavior is difficult to predict over decades: people may criticize short-form videos but continue watching them. Gadagari clarified that he would not want to remove such videos from a product; his question is whether a phone is the optimal form factor for an AI experience.