Hearvana
Facts
- Sectors
- Audio AI, Spatial Audio, Software Development, SDK
- Stage
- Pre-seed
Hearvana AI Raises $6M Oversubscribed Pre-seed Led by Point72 Ventures and SCB 10X
Hearvana AI, a Seattle startup building auditory intelligence to improve sound perception for humans and machines, raised $6 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Point72 Ventures and SCB 10X. The company will expand engineering and go-to-market teams and launch commercial pilots with consumer electronics and AI partners.
UW Ph.D. student Malek Itani wins Marconi Paul Baran Young Scholar Award for on-device ‘superhuman’ hearing; Hearvana raised $6M
University of Washington Ph.D. student and Hearvana co‑founder Malek Itani won the Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award for developing on-device AI algorithms that enable real-time target speech extraction, sound bubbles, and semantic hearing on low-power hearables. His work, including neural networks like IF-MLPNet and the NeuralAids platform, underpins Hearvana’s effort—backed by $6 million in pre-seed funding—to bring real-time acoustic intelligence to earbuds, hearing aids, and smart glasses.
Point72, AI2 Incubator, Amazon Alexa and SBI Invest $6M in Hearvana to Commercialize Sub-10ms ‘Sound Bubble’ Audio AI
Point72 and others invested $6 million in Hearvana, a startup building on-device ‘sound bubble’ technology that separates and amplifies selected voices with sub-10 ms latency to improve headphones, hearing aids, AR glasses, and voice assistants.
Seattle Startup Hearvana Raises $6M to Develop AI-Driven Sound Enhancement Technology
Seattle startup Hearvana, founded by University of Washington researchers including Shyam Gollakota, raised $6 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI-powered sound enhancement technology for devices like earbuds and hearing aids. Their AI platform enables real-time, on-device audio processing to improve listening in complex and noisy environments.
UW-Led Startup Hearvana Develops AI-Powered Superhuman Hearing Tech for Earbuds and Hearing Aids
Hearvana, a stealth Seattle startup founded by University of Washington computer science researchers including Shyam Gollakota, is developing AI-powered on-device sound technology to provide superhuman hearing in earbuds, hearing aids, and smartphones. The startup uses advanced AI to enhance auditory perception in noisy environments while minimizing power consumption, and is incubated at AI2 in Seattle.
People
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Malek Itani Founder, Co-founder
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Shyam Gollakota Executive, Chief Executive Officer
