Israeli start - up Hi Auto has raised $ 4.5 m in a funding round to develop a machine learning - backed voice recognition system that filters out all background noise . Hi Auto was founded in February 2019 by CEO Roy Baharav, CTO Eyal Shapira and Zohar Zisapel, who serves as acting chairman and an investor in the company. The system combines a camera and microphone , and while initially aimed at automakers , Hi Auto said it has applications for contact centres , video conferencing and autonomous robots . Acting company chairman Michael Cohen and Delek Motors led the funding round .
Israeli start - up Hi Auto has raised $ 4.5 m in a funding round to develop a machine learning - backed voice recognition system that filters out all background noise . The system combines a camera and microphone , and while initially aimed at automakers , Hi Auto said it has applications for contact centres , video conferencing and autonomous robots . Acting company chairman Michael Cohen and Delek Motors led the funding round .