Audience
Founded Year
2000Stage
Acq - P2P | AcquiredTotal Raised
$45MValuation
$0000Revenue
$0000About Audience
Audience is a provider of intelligent voice and audio solutions that improve voice quality and the user experience in mobile devices. The company collaborates with auditory neuroscientists to understand the human auditory system and have developed purpose-built processors that combine science and technology to function like human hearing. Audience's low power, hardware-accelerated digital signal processors (DSPs) and associated algorithms improve sound quality and suppress noise in mobile devices. As the primary driver of the mobile device market, the mobile phone continues to play an increasingly prominent role in peoples' lives.
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Audience Patents
Audience has filed 94 patents.

Application Date | Grant Date | Title | Related Topics | Status |
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1/6/2016 | 8/7/2018 | Acoustics, Audio engineering, Clock signal, Audio codecs, Sound | Grant |
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Grant Date | 8/7/2018 |
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Related Topics | Acoustics, Audio engineering, Clock signal, Audio codecs, Sound |
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Latest Audience News
Mar 5, 2023
Alberto E. Tamargo There may only be one more season of “ Andor ” to go, but it sounds like it’s exactly what audiences are hoping for. Diego Luna , who’s currently filming the final season of the Disney+ series in London, opened up about the experience on Friday at the Miami Film Festival , where he accepted the inaugural Variety Virtuoso Award . “It’s been bittersweet because every day I know I’m a day closer to the end,” Luna said. “It was really nice to approach a series knowing there’s an ending . It doesn’t happen! The new conversation on set with streaming is people talking about the possible future. … Like, ‘Well, there might be a second season or a third season. This thing of leaving everything open I think is bringing anxiety to actors that needs to be treated. We’re all thinking about something that we can’t know.” Luckily, that’s not the case for “Andor,” a prequel to the 2016 film, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” “The second season ends where ‘Rogue One’ starts. We’re not changing the ending of ‘Rogue One’ so that’s it. It’s a nice feeling, it’s like a long film… It has a beginning and an end, we all know what’s going to happen,” he said. “There’s something interesting with the second season, which is that I have a different feeling every day I go to set. Now I know, not just that the series was well received and that people liked it, but I know why they liked it. That’s another tool we have these days through social media. We actually listen to audiences and critics, and we understand what things connected and what didn’t connect. It’s kind of cool to have an opportunity to go and execute another season having this information. It’s, in a way, a season that will end up representing the audience in a different way. Somehow, the audience is part of this season because the interaction we had served as inspiration.” Season 2 will be the end of the road for Cassian Andor and creator Tony Gilroy has stated that this is his last “Star Wars” project . However, there could be a different role in the “Star Wars” universe in the future for Luna — possibly as a director. “You’ll have to ask someone who can actually give me that job, otherwise we’re just talking fantasy. That’s another galaxy, I don’t know how far away it is. I like directing. I can tell you one thing, the next thing I’m doing after this is directing,” he said. “When ‘Rogue One’ ended, my daughter said, ‘Is that it? You’re dead!’ I was like, yeah that’s it… I do film, it always has a beginning and end. And then I went on to do two seasons of a TV show, a prequel , so who knows! I don’t like thinking too far ahead.” Read More About:
Audience Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
When was Audience founded?
Audience was founded in 2000.
Where is Audience's headquarters?
Audience's headquarters is located at 440 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View.
What is Audience's latest funding round?
Audience's latest funding round is Acq - P2P.
How much did Audience raise?
Audience raised a total of $45M.
Who are the investors of Audience?
Investors of Audience include Knowles, New Enterprise Associates, Tallwood Ventures, VentureTech Alliance and Cercano Management.
Who are Audience's competitors?
Competitors of Audience include Nuance Communications and 2 more.
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