Brian Harrod

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Jan 1

TECHNOLOGY NEWSWIRE: True Ventures’ Jon Callaghan Predicts Smartphone Obsolescence VENTURE CAPITAL: True Ventures' Jon Callaghan predicts smartphones will be obsolete within a decade. INNOVATION: Jon Callaghan's firm invests in alternative interfaces, like the Sandbar voice ring, for new human behaviors. Smartphones as we know them are on borrowed time, according to Jon Callaghan, co-founder of venture capital firm True Ventures. He boldly predicts that within five years, our interaction with these devices will be profoundly different, and perhaps entirely obsolete in a decade. This isn’t mere speculation; it’s a core thesis guiding True Ventures’ investment strategy, a firm known for quietly backing disruptive technologies like Fitbit, Ring, and Peloton long before they became mainstream successes. Callaghan argues that current smartphones are inefficient and disruptive interfaces for human-intelligence interaction. This conviction has led True Ventures to invest in alternative interfaces for years. Their latest bet, Sandbar, is a voice-activated ring designed as a “thought companion” to capture and organize ideas through voice notes. It’s not about competing with existing wearables but about fulfilling a fundamental human need for seamless thought capture, leveraging AI to enable a new behavior. This approach mirrors True Ventures’s past successes, where the focus was always on the new behaviors and communities technology enabled, rather than just the gadget itself. The firm, managing approximately $6 billion, has built a track record of 63 exits with gains and seven IPOs by cultivating a network of repeat founders and making disciplined seed investments. While the broader AI landscape sees massive capital infusions, True Ventures remains focused on the application layer, believing the greatest value creation lies in new interfaces that unlock novel human behaviors. With smartphone market growth stagnating at 2% annually and wearables expanding at double-digit rates, True Ventures’ early bets on how we interact with technology warrant close attention. #SmartphonesObsolete, #PostSmartphoneEra, #FutureOfTech, #JonCallaghan, #TrueVentures, #Sandbar, #StreamRing, #VoiceActivatedRing, #ThoughtCompanion, #AIWearables, #SmartRing, #VoiceInterface, #HumanAIInteraction, #WearableTech, #TechInnovation, #VCPrediction, #DisruptiveTech, #AlternativeInterfaces, #AIApplicationLayer, #NewHumanBehaviors, #VoiceNotes, #SeamlessCapture, #ThoughtCapture, #Fitbit, #RingDoorbell, #Peloton, #VentureCapital, #EarlyStageInvesting, #TechPrediction, #SmartphoneDecline, #WearablesGrowth, #AIFuture, #InterfaceEvolution, #PostPhoneWorld, #VoiceFirst, #MouseForVoice, #PrivacyFocusedTech, #AICompanion, #HardwareInnovation, #TechNews, #InnovationNews, #FutureInterfaces, #ObsoleteTech, #NextGenWearables, #VoiceAI, #SmartJewelry, #ThoughtOrganizer, #TechTrends2026, #BeyondSmartphones

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