Sound Life Sciences
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle / University of Washington
- Sectors
- Healthtech, Wearables, Mobile health
- Stage
- startup
- Total raised
- $235K SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $235K · Apr 2019 SEC Form D
UW College of Engineering Retrospective Highlights CoMotion-Supported Innovations in Health, Transit, and Materials
The UW College of Engineering highlighted transformative technologies developed by researchers supported by CoMotion, including smartphone health screening tools and the OneBusAway app, with ongoing innovations like Healionics' dialysis grafts. These advances have impacted health care, transportation, computing, and materials.
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.
UW Professor Shyam Gollakota Wins $100K Infosys Prize for Engineering and Computer Science Research
University of Washington professor Shyam Gollakota won the $100,000 Infosys Prize in engineering and computer science for his work in wireless technology and AI-powered sound innovations. He plans to use the award to help commercialize his AI-driven sound bubble headphone prototype.
Wavely Diagnostics Raises $1.35M to Launch Smartphone App Detecting Ear Infections via Acoustic Signals in 2023
Wavely Diagnostics, a University of Washington spinout, raised $1.35 million to develop a smartphone app that detects ear infections using acoustic signals. The app aims to enable virtual pediatric care by connecting users with physicians and is slated for public release later this year.
GeekWire Awards 2020 Goes Virtual; Ally Wins Startup of the Year as Bill Gates and Celebrities Celebrate
GeekWire held a virtual GeekWire Awards livestream honoring top Pacific Northwest tech companies and leaders across 12 categories, with winners accepting via Zoom and special video messages from figures like Bill Gates. Seattle startup Ally won Startup of the Year, and the event included entertainment such as The Drunken Tenorperforming an "Opera di Zoom."
