Israeli start-up Hi Auto has raised $4.5m 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 hospitality robots. After his military service, Shapira established and managed startup companies and served as a consultant to companies such as Intel and Broadcom. “Voice assistants are becoming more common on mobile devices, but they still need some way of filtering the noise around them,” says Ben Zimmer, co-founder of Hi Auto.
Israeli start-up Hi Auto has raised $4.5m 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 hospitality robots. “Voice assistants are becoming more common on mobile devices, but they still need some way of filtering the noise around them,” says Ben Zimmer, co-founder of Hi Auto.