We show that the tensor product of two cyclic $A_infty$-algebras is, in general, not a cyclic $A_infty$-algebra, but an $A_infty$-algebra with homotopy inner product. More precisely, we construct an explicit combinatorial diagonal on the pairahedra,
which are contractible polytopes controlling the combinatorial structure of an $A_infty$-algebra with homotopy inner products, and use it to define a categorically closed tensor product. A cyclic $A_infty$-algebra can be thought of as an $A_infty$-algebra with homotopy inner products whose higher inner products are trivial. However, the higher inner products on the tensor product of cyclic $A_infty$-algebras are not necessarily trivial.
