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The Pitch

#166 Awear: Whoop For Your Brain

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Investing, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Antonio used an Apple Watch to improve his physical health. But he couldn't find a wearable to help him in the same way with his mental health. So he built Awear, an ear cuff that monitors your brain and coaches you through stress in real time. But can he convince the investors who’ve seen every wearable under the sun? This is The Pitch for Awear. Featuring investors ⁠Charles Hudson, Elizabeth Yin, Ben Zises and Kate McAndrew. ... Watch Antonio’s pitch on YouTube (@thepitchshow) and Patreon (@ThePitch) Subscribe to our newsletter: insider.pitch.show Join our private investor community on Substack: thepitch.fund *Disclaimer: No offer to invest in Awear is being made to or solicited from the listening audience on today’s show. The information provided on this show is not intended to be investment advice and should not be relied upon as such. The investors on today’s episode are providing their opinions based on their own assessment of the business presented. Those opinions should not be considered professional investment advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My name is Antonio Forensa, and I'm originally from Italy. I'm based in San Francisco.

0:07.7

I am an entrepreneur, an inventor, an engineer, and most of all, I'm very passionate about mental well-being.

0:14.7

I'm Josh Muchio, and this is the pitch, where startup founders raise millions and listeners can invest.

0:24.6

Today on the show, Antonio Forenza is pitching a wearable that makes tracking your mental health as easy as tracking a workout.

0:29.6

The prototype keeps telling him he's pretty stressed,

0:32.6

probably because he's starting a hardware company.

0:35.6

Financially, what I'm doing does not make any sense,

0:38.9

but not having an income for two years is like,

0:42.5

whoa, what are you doing, Antonio?

0:44.4

But this is the best job I've ever had in my life.

0:47.4

Every time I wake up in the morning with a smile.

0:53.4

The pitch for Aware is coming up after this.

0:57.0

Thank you so much for subscribing to the show.

0:59.6

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1:02.5

And for those of you who've said,

1:04.1

hey, you guys should start a newsletter.

1:06.5

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1:07.6

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1:09.4

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