Posted Jan 5, 2026 at 5:37 AM UTC

Would you let AI cut your hair?

The Glyde smart hair clipper has an AI hair-cutting coach and automatic fade trimming so you can be your own barber, and you only have to wear this extremely normal looking face band for it to work.

As a man who already cuts his own hair: no one needs this.

Photo of a mannequin head being “shaved” by the Glyde smart hair trimmer

This band is how the Glyde knows where on your head it’s cutting. Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge

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