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Phare Labs

Smoke alarm that tells real fires from cooking steam

Raised to date

$2.1M

of $2.5M offered across 1 Form D filing

Still open
$417K
Investors
18
Last filed
Jul 22, 2026

About

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.

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.

Funding

  • Security to be acquiredFiled Jul 22, 2026Form D/A
    $2.1M/ $2.5M

Product

Phare C1

Smart home safety hardware

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.

  • AI-driven fire and carbon monoxide detection
  • Research-grade smoke and indoor air-quality sensors
  • False-alarm reduction the company puts at up to 87-89%

Built for

Homeowners and residential renters, plus landlords and property managers in the rental housing market

People on file