Shyam Gollakota
Shyam Gollakota is currently Co-Founder at Hearvana.ai and Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington. He previously founded Sound Life Sciences, which was acquired, and has expertise in computer science and mobile intelligence.
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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University of Washington Co-founder of Hearvana and Professor 2017–present, Assistant Professor 2013–2017 · current
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Paul G. Allen School Professor 2012–present · current
Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science · 2006–2013
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Bachelor's degree, Computer · 2002–2006
