Eight Sleep launches smaller, cheaper Pod 6 at $1,999

Sleep tech company Eight Sleep on Wednesday launched its new Pod 6 device in a smaller size than previous editions to fit more bed frames, along with solo sizes for one-person use. The company said the device can adjust the temperature on either side 20% faster than the previous-generation gadget.

Because the new pod has a 50% smaller footprint, it can fit most bed frames. The company claims the device has 9x more sensors, enabling it to understand granular temperature controls for each user even if they’re sleeping close together, and it can ignore data from a pet or a kid sleeping on the bed with two users.

The Pod 6 is available starting today in over 37 countries, starting at $1,999 for solo sizes and $2,699 for standard sizes. Solo sizes can fit a twin bed and one side of queen, king, and California King beds; standard sizes are available in queen, king, and California King. The device also works with existing add-ons like a blanket, pillow cover, and base.

Beyond new sleep products, the company is pursuing Food and Drug Administration approval to transition the Eight Sleep Pod into a regulated medical device for sleep apnea in the U.S. Earlier this year, the company raised $50 million from Tether at a $1.5 billion valuation. Eight Sleep also expanded its international footprint over the past year, launching its product in China, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Singapore, with China becoming one of its fastest-growing regions.

CEO Matteo Franceschetti told TechCrunch that international markets contribute over 30% of revenue, and that the company plans to expand into other regions of Asia and Latin America. He said Eight Sleep is keeping a close eye on the component crunch in the electronics sector, though he didn’t say whether it would affect pricing. “We definitely see the market changing a little bit because AI companies are requesting a lot of different components. We are adjusting our supply chain [to counter that]. It’s definitely something that we need to watch out for, particularly as our devices become more and more, I would say, compute-heavy and intelligent to be able to provide AI features to our users,” he said.

Why it matters

Eight Sleep’s supply chain comments are a reminder that the AI buildout’s appetite for components is starting to ripple into consumer hardware categories that have nothing to do with AI models themselves.