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How do they make money? All audio is processed on device, but is the goal to use the public training/learning to tailor a more robust model which they can sell

How do they make money? All audio is processed on device, but is the goal to use the public training/learning to tailor a more robust model which they can sell commercially/integrate into apps/phones/etc?

otterley 8y ago
My suspicion is that the founders/engineers will be acqui-hired for a not-insignificant sum by one of the existing big players in the teleconference space (Zoom, Google, Cisco, etc.).
- ixtli 8y ago
  Further, this is probably their goal. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple bought something like this as system-wide background noise canceling would be a fantastic OS feature.
  - asperous 8y ago
    iPhones already have this feature if you hold your phone up to your ear. There is a microphone in the back of the phone near the camera that phase cancels out background noise from the input from the front mic.
    - agotterer 8y ago
      They need this for the AirPods then. Everyone I call while outside in NYC says the microphone is super sensitive and picks up all the surrounding noise.
      - shemtovo 8y ago
        They just filled that patent. 5 mics on the device for beam for separation
    - ixtli 8y ago
      That's really cool! I knew that it did sound canceling but I thought it was all software!
      - Antrikshy 8y ago
        I remember when they proudly talked about all the mics on the iPhone 5 used for this when they presented it on stage.
    - mygo 8y ago
      they also recently added 4 (or 5?) mics on the new iPad Pro so that it could do facetime calls while cancelling out the feedback. Wouldn’t be surprised if a software update makes it possible to use all of those mics for some very good ambient noise cancellation during face time calls
    - villgax 8y ago
      Maybe they can do semi-dense audio cancelling with some ML model for cancellation on a Mac as well.
- partiallypro 8y ago
  Or they hope to license this and have it built into every service by default.
polalavik 8y ago
from the other site below which also seems to be them they charge per minute of processed audio. https://2hz.ai/api/index.html https://2hz.ai/api/index.html
aviv 8y ago
Getting acquired by Dialpad in 3, 2, 1..
nathannecro 8y ago
Folks, one of the devs — artavazdm — has commented below and has stated: "It's only free during beta. Although we haven't decided on the exact monetization strategy yet."

otterley 8y ago

My suspicion is that the founders/engineers will be acqui-hired for a not-insignificant sum by one of the existing big players in the teleconference space (Zoom, Google, Cisco, etc.).

ixtli 8y ago
Further, this is probably their goal. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple bought something like this as system-wide background noise canceling would be a fantastic OS feature.
- asperous 8y ago
  iPhones already have this feature if you hold your phone up to your ear. There is a microphone in the back of the phone near the camera that phase cancels out background noise from the input from the front mic.
  - agotterer 8y ago
    They need this for the AirPods then. Everyone I call while outside in NYC says the microphone is super sensitive and picks up all the surrounding noise.
    - shemtovo 8y ago
      They just filled that patent. 5 mics on the device for beam for separation
  - ixtli 8y ago
    That's really cool! I knew that it did sound canceling but I thought it was all software!
    - Antrikshy 8y ago
      I remember when they proudly talked about all the mics on the iPhone 5 used for this when they presented it on stage.
  - mygo 8y ago
    they also recently added 4 (or 5?) mics on the new iPad Pro so that it could do facetime calls while cancelling out the feedback. Wouldn’t be surprised if a software update makes it possible to use all of those mics for some very good ambient noise cancellation during face time calls
  - villgax 8y ago
    Maybe they can do semi-dense audio cancelling with some ML model for cancellation on a Mac as well.
partiallypro 8y ago
Or they hope to license this and have it built into every service by default.

polalavik 8y ago

from the other site below which also seems to be them they charge per minute of processed audio. https://2hz.ai/api/index.html https://2hz.ai/api/index.html

aviv 8y ago

Getting acquired by Dialpad in 3, 2, 1..

nathannecro 8y ago

Folks, one of the devs — artavazdm — has commented below and has stated: "It's only free during beta. Although we haven't decided on the exact monetization strategy yet."