Malek Itani
Malek Itani is currently Co-Founder at Hearvana.ai and a Research Assistant and PhD student at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. He co-founded Hearvana, a startup that he is still involved with, and has expertise in computer science and engineering.
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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.
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.
Organizations
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Hearvana.ai Co-Founder 2025–present · current
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Paul G. Allen School Research Assistant 2021–present · current
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Hearvana Co-founder · current
Education
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University of Washington Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering · 2021–2026
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American University of Beirut Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2017–2021
