Intel Ignite
Hi Auto - Speaker Separation & Speech Enhancement
Hi Auto is one of nine Israeli startups that graduated from the Intel Ignite startup growth program, a program promoting early stage startups
Field: Speaker Separation & Speech Enhancement
Founded: 2019
Founders: Roy Baharav, Eyal Shapira, and Zohar Zisapel
Investors: Delek Motors, Zohar Zisapel, Allied holdings, Goldbell holdings
Funding to date: $4.5 million
Hi Auto’s speech enhancement solution removes completely the most challenging noise sources in the car such as kids talking in the back, radio, and ambulance siren. Hi Auto is also breaking multiple speakers talking simultaneously to separate clean audio tracks.
Hi Auto is leverages a camera and a microphone to track the speaker’s lips. The deep neural network is imitating what our mind does when in a noisy environment we look at the speaker’s lips to better hear them.
![Hi Auto co-founders Eyal Shapira (left) and Roy Baharav. Photo: Photo: Osnat Krasnanski Hi Auto co-founders Eyal Shapira (left) and Roy Baharav. Photo: Photo: Osnat Krasnanski](https://pic1.calcalist.co.il/PicServer3/2020/03/04/975135/11_l.jpg)
Meet all the startups that graduated from the Intel Ignite program:
Addionics - Battery Innovation
Granulate - Performance Optimization
Mine - Privacy and Data Protection
Glean Labs - Enterprise Software
NOVOS.GG - Gaming
Hi Auto - Speaker Separation & Speech Enhancement
Deci - Artificial Intelligence
Hour One - Artificial Intelligence
CloudWize - Cloud Management