Unisound
{{Short description|Chinese technology company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Unisound
| logo = Unisound-logo.png
| native_name = 云知声
| native_name_lang = zh
| type = Private
| industry = Technology
| founded = {{start date|2012|df=yes}}
| hq_location =
| hq_location_city = Beijing
| hq_location_country = China
| num_locations = 4
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Huang Wei (CEO)}}
| website = [https://www.unisound.com 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[https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/china-unicorn-ranking "China Unicorn Ranking"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203050346/https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/china-unicorn-ranking|date=2017-12-03}}, China Money Network, May 2017 specialising in speech recognition and artificial intelligence services applicable to a variety of industries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=279753702|title=Beijing Unisound Information Technology Co., Ltd.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=Bloomberg|access-date=16 January 2019}}
History
Since the company was founded in 2012 by Huang Wei it has raised over US$250 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninaxiang/2018/10/05/chinas-ai-industry-has-given-birth-to-14-unicorns-is-it-a-bubble-waiting-to-pop/|title=China's AI Industry Has Given Birth To 14 Unicorns: Is It A Bubble Waiting To Burst?|date=5 October 2018|website=Forbes}} In 2018 Unisound raised US$100 million from the China Electronics Health Fund.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/05/11/chinese-ai-firm-unisound-raises-100m-series-c-round-led-by-china-electronics-health-fund|title=Chinese AI Firm Unisound Raises $100M Series C Round Led By China Electronics Health Fund|date=11 May 2018|website=China Money Network}}
Technology
Unisound has been involved in academic research relating to voice recognition technologies and acoustic modelling powered by deep neural networks.{{cite book
| last1 = Long
| first1 = Yanhua
| last2 = Ye
| first2 = Hong
| last3 = Li
| first3 = Yijie
| last4 = Liang
| first4 = Jiaen
| title = Interspeech 2018
| date = 2 September 2018
| chapter = Active Learning for LF-MMI Trained Neural Networks in ASR
| chapter-url = https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/Interspeech_2018/pdfs/1162.pdf
| pages = 2898–2902
| doi = 10.21437/Interspeech.2018-1162
| s2cid = 52192334
}}
In 2018, Unisound developed their product Swift which they described as the first AIoT chip due to its combination of AI and IoT technologies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geospatialworld.net/news/ingdan-com-partners-with-unisounds-open-source-chip-program-to-support-aiot-technology-development/|title=INGDAN.com Partners with Unisound's Open Source Chip Program to Support AIoT Technology Development|date=15 October 2018|website=Geospatial World}} The development of Swift was accelerated due to strategic collaborations with Baidu and IngDan ({{lang|zh|硬蛋}}), a subsidiary of the Cogobuy Group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/cogobuy-supports-unisound-in-release-of-worlds-first-aiot-chip-2018-05-17|title=Cogobuy Supports Unisound in Release of World's First AIoT Chip|date=17 May 2018|website=Market Watch}} 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.
Their technology has been developed for industries such as TV manufacturing, air conditioner production, healthcare and automotive technology.
References
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External links
- [https://www.unisound.com Unisound official website]
Category:Chinese companies established in 2012