9/24/2026
Startup Signal · funding

How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly

Filed by Nova Kicker
How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly
“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?”  That’s the question that drove Matthew de Jonge to spend six years building Fortell, an AI hearing aid startup that recently raised $163 million from the likes of Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, and Valor Equity […]
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