$2.1M
1 filing since 2024 · latest SAFE filed
Phare Labs builds AI-powered home fire and carbon monoxide detection hardware. Its device, the Phare C1, combines research-grade smoke and air-quality sensors with machine learning that analyzes thousands of data points per minute to distinguish real fires from cooking steam and other nuisance triggers. The company positions the product for both homeowners and the rental housing market, where it pitches two-sided protection for landlords' property and tenants' safety. It was co-founded by Daniel McBride and Arnau Donate and has taken part in Techstars and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield.
What sets it apart
Sensor fusion plus machine learning to cut false alarms (the company claims up to an 87-89% reduction) while catching more real fires than conventional smoke alarms, in a plug-and-play unit that replaces an existing alarm; winner of a Red Dot Design Award 2026.
An AI-powered smoke and carbon monoxide alarm that uses research-grade smoke and air-quality sensors and on-device machine learning to classify events, then delivers clear alerts instead of ambiguous beeping.
