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Paz provides autonomous agents that monitor product visibility across AI shopping channels, optimize product data, and distribute feeds to AI commerce platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity. The platform helps e-commerce merchants increase traffic from AI-powered discovery and convert that traffic into sales.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Paz is a mobile application that streams restorative, mantra-inspired music intended to help users relax, reduce stress and obtain meditative benefits. The app was available on the Apple App Store, where new users could listen to an hour of music free and without sign-in; after the trial, listeners could continue on a free tier or a $2.99 monthly subscription.
The company was co-founded by Dennis Hauser, an MBA student at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business (class of 2020) and a former investment banker, and Neal Sarin, a University of Miami graduate (BA 12) who worked as a music executive and record producer, including as A&R director at the South-Asian streaming service JioSaavn. Sarin leads music production and curation while Hauser handles finances. Music is produced with Grammy-winning mixing engineers and independent composers, and the app itself was built and designed by a team of UC Berkeley undergraduate interns covering full-stack development, project management, UX/UI design and A&R/marketing.
Founding story
Hauser and Sarin, who met in high school, identified a gap in the market for restorative music well before the COVID-19 outbreak. Sarin, working as an A&R director at JioSaavn, observed that music executives devoted far less energy and capital to restorative music than to mainstream genres such as pop and hip-hop, while Hauser had left investment banking in New York and moved to California to pursue music and entrepreneurship before enrolling at Berkeley Haas. The two decided to build their own product, launching Paz as a restorative music app aimed initially at college students; the founders later said the product had broader appeal amid the stresses of the pandemic period. Hauser credited UC Berkeley as a key resource in building the business.
Business model
Consumer mobile subscription: users get an hour of free listening on the Apple App Store with no sign-in required, then choose between a free tier and a $2.99 per month paid subscription.
Monthly consumer subscription priced at $2.99, alongside a free tier.
Traction
As of April 2020 the app was live on the Apple App Store. The founders had self-funded the business to that point and said they would soon begin raising outside capital.
Latest developments
In April 2020 the founders reported that Paz was self-funded and that they would soon begin fundraising to grow the business.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
The founders characterised the restorative music market as at a nascent stage and stated an ambition to grow Paz into a leading restorative app.
The founders position the catalogue as scientifically tested for meditative benefit rather than simply labelled ambient or restorative, citing the commissioned Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience study and collaboration with a UC Berkeley neuroscientist.
Technology
An iOS application delivering a curated catalogue of mantra-inspired restorative music. The founders worked with UC Berkeley psychology and neuroscience professor Robert Knight and commissioned a study with Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience to test the music's effects; the study reported that participants showed a significant decrease in self-reported stress levels, an increase in memory activation and a decrease in attention processing after 10 minutes of listening to Paz music.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer distribution through the Apple App Store using a free trial and freemium subscription. Early user testing was conducted on the UC Berkeley campus, where the founders recruited volunteers to participate in testing of the music's effect on stress levels.
Consumers seeking stress relief and meditative listening. College students were the initially assumed primary audience, which the founders later broadened to general listeners.
Geography
Based around UC Berkeley in California, with the app distributed via the Apple App Store.
History
Paz was launched by co-founders Dennis Hauser and Neal Sarin and was profiled in April 2020 by UC Berkeley Haas as part of a startup roundup covering students and recent alumni starting new ventures. At that point the app was live on the Apple App Store, the team included four UC Berkeley undergraduate interns, and the company had been funded by the founders themselves.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
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latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsThe founders worked with UC Berkeley psychology and neuroscience professor Robert Knight and commissioned a study with Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience; participants reported a significant decrease in stress levels, an increase in memory activation and a decrease in attention processing after 10 minutes of listening.
Paz was live on the Apple App Store, offering an hour of mantra-inspired music free without sign-in, followed by a free tier or a $2.99 monthly subscription.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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- PazCare Funding 2026 – Total Funding, Rounds & Investorsinc42.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Paz do?
- Paz is a restorative music mobile app built to reduce stress and deliver meditative benefits to listeners.
- Who are Paz's investors?
- Paz's investors include Cervin, Mayfield Fund.