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Native name | 云知声 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | , China |
Number of locations | 4 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| 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]
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]
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 AIoT chip due to its combination of AI and IoT technologies. [6] The development of Swift was accelerated due to strategic collaborations with Baidu and IngDan (硬蛋), a subsidiary of the Cogobuy Group. [7] Due to the chip's implementation of deep learning and AI, it is purported to process up to 50 times faster than other AI chips on the market. [7]
Their technology has been developed for industries such as TV manufacturing, air conditioner production, healthcare and automotive technology. [4]
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