In development · Launching 2027

We're building
a bottle with protection
quietly inside.

Auraste puts peace of mind into the things she already carries. HydraHalo™ is a premium stainless steel water bottle designed with a discreet response system, so the 8pm class, the solo trip, and the walk back to the car ask nothing extra of her.

HydraHalo studio render, oat colorway
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HydraHalo annotated feature diagram

What it does

Everything she carries.
Working harder.

Tap a number on the bottle to explore each part.

01

The halo handle

A solid steel ring, shaped for a natural three-finger carry. Desk to gym, studio to street.

02

Easy-clean cap

An enclosed straw sits inside the cap. Clean to sip from, and effortless to rinse out.

03

The insulated body

Double-wall stainless steel, 26 oz. Powder-coated, dishwasher-safe, cold all day.

04

One-touch light

A single press: a high-intensity directional LED for the dim garage or the walk back to the car.

05

The module

Proprietary technology that connects to her phone and alerts her chosen contacts to her location the moment she signals trouble.

06

Pull-ring activation

Hidden and discreet. One deliberate motion triggers the full response: alarm, light, and an alert to her people.

How it works

One motion.
Everything responds.

1

She pulls the ring. A discreet, intentional motion.

2

The alarm sounds. High-intensity, designed to be heard.

3

The light activates. A directional LED at full brightness.

4

Her people know. The paired Auraste app sends an SMS with her location to her chosen contacts.

The alarm and light work on their own. Alerts send through the paired Auraste app.

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It belongs
wherever she does.

The build

Where it stands
today.

  • Sketches & industrial designDone
  • Engineering CADNow
  • First working prototypeWinter '26
  • Testing & refinementEarly '27
  • Launch2027

Design targets

The bottle
itself.

Capacity
26 oz
Material
Stainless
Battery
Replaceable
App
iOS & Android

Design targets, refined as we build. Colorways in development. You'll help choose.

Oat

Sage

Blush

Charcoal

Stone

The origin

It started
with a walk.

What if the water bottle had something built in?

Michael and Sarah were on vacation. On their walk back to their hotel, they passed more than a dozen women heading to evening yoga, each carrying only a mat and a water bottle. Sarah said: I would never feel safe doing that. Michael said, almost as a joke: What if the water bottle had something built in? She stopped. That's a great idea. That night, Auraste began.

Read our full story
HydraHalo on a console table beside a set of keys

Built in the open

We're building this
with women.

Not just for them. Every design decision we make is shaped by the women who join the build: colorways, features, what we make next. If you have two minutes, tell us how you actually live. You were here before the product.

Help us build

Beautiful first. Safe underneath. Launching 2027.