Unisound
Native name | 云知声 |
---|---|
Company type | Private |
Industry | Technology |
Founded | 2012 |
Headquarters | , China |
Number of locations | 4 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
|
Website | unisound.com |
Beijing Unisound Information Technology Co., Ltd., often shortened to Unisound, is a Chinese technology company based in Beijing. It is a unicorn startup[1] specialising in speech recognition and artificial intelligence services applicable to a variety of industries.[2]
History
Since the company was founded in 2012 by Huang Wei it has raised over US$250 million.[3] In 2018 Unisound raised US$100 million from the China Electronics Health Fund.[4]
Technology
Unisound has been involved in academic research relating to voice recognition technologies and acoustic modelling powered by deep neural networks.[3][5]
In 2018, Unisound developed their product Swift which they described as the first
Their technology has been developed for industries such as TV manufacturing, air conditioner production, healthcare and automotive technology.[4]
References
- ^ "China Unicorn Ranking" Archived 2017-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, China Money Network, May 2017
- ^ "Beijing Unisound Information Technology Co., Ltd.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ a b "China's AI Industry Has Given Birth To 14 Unicorns: Is It A Bubble Waiting To Burst?". Forbes. 5 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Chinese AI Firm Unisound Raises $100M Series C Round Led By China Electronics Health Fund". China Money Network. 11 May 2018.
- S2CID 52192334.
- ^ "INGDAN.com Partners with Unisound's Open Source Chip Program to Support AIoT Technology Development". Geospatial World. 15 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Cogobuy Supports Unisound in Release of World's First AIoT Chip". Market Watch. 17 May 2018.