Key Takeaways
- AONDevices specializes in super-low-power Edge AI solutions, focusing on energy efficiency and high accuracy for battery-operated devices.
- The AONx360 platform simplifies ML model creation and deployment, enabling OEMs to develop features like wake word detection, gesture recognition, and motion tracking.
- AONDevices differentiates itself through an end-to-end approach that combines ML chips, models, and software, achieving high performance with low power consumption.
Mouna Elkhatib is the CEO, CTO, and Co-Founder of AONDevices, Inc., a leading provider of super-low-power Edge AI solutions. A visionary entrepreneur and innovative leader, Mouna has successfully grown AONDevices into a recognized leader in the Edge AI space. With over 20 years of experience in semiconductor technology, she has a successful track record in both engineering and leadership. She is an industry expert in voice and audio processing, specializing in system architecture, DSP, ML, and chip design.
Tell us about your company.
AONDevices, Inc. is a leader in super-low-power, high-accuracy Edge AI solutions, redefining always-on, battery-operated devices. With cutting-edge chip architecture, lightweight neural networks, and the AONx360 platform featuring extensive data augmentation, AONDevices delivers exceptional AI performance at super-low power.
Designed for OEMs, AONDevices’ scalable solutions enable advanced features like wake word detection, voice commands, acoustic event recognition, gestures, motion tracking, and environmental context awareness. From personal devices and smart home systems to automotive technology, AONDevices empowers the creation of intelligent, energy-efficient, and privacy-focused products.
What problems are you solving?
AONDevices addresses key challenges in Edge AI with innovative solutions tailored for energy efficiency, development simplicity, and cost-effectiveness. Our super low-power technology, consuming less than 260µW, powers advanced AI features for battery-operated devices like wearables and headsets without compromising battery life. By enabling high-accuracy, low-latency solutions such as gesture recognition, acoustic scene detection, motion tracking, and sensor fusion, our technology excels even in noisy or dynamic environments. The AONx360 platform simplifies the creation, optimization, and deployment of ML models, ensuring a faster time-to-market while reducing development complexity. With on-device AI, we ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR, supporting features such as voice command recognition, speaker identification, and environmental context detection. Additionally, our validated silicon and adaptable platform provide a cost-effective path for developing multiple products using the same hardware, making AONDevices a comprehensive solution for Edge AI challenges.
What application areas are your strongest?
AONDevices delivers super low-power, high-accuracy Edge AI solutions across a range of applications, enhancing functionality and user experience. For remote controls, our technology enables wake word detection, voice commands, speaker identification, acoustic event detection and multi-sensor fusion, providing intuitive, hands-free TV and device control. In headsets, AONDevices supports voice commands, acoustic event recognition, targeted and generic noise suppression, and real-time environmental awareness, ensuring clear calls and device capture. Wearables benefit from motion tracking, gesture recognition, wake word detection, and environmental context awareness, all integrated with noise suppression for smarter, energy-efficient performance. In smart home applications, AONDevices powers features like acoustic event detection (e.g., glass breaking), voice commands, and adaptive system control, while in automotive settings, it enhances in-cabin experiences with wake word detection, gesture recognition, speaker identification, and noise suppression for improved communication and safety.
What keeps your customers up at night?
Customers in the Edge AI market face several challenges, from balancing performance and efficiency to navigating complex integration requirements and regulatory pressures. They require accurate, always-on features like acoustic event detection, motion tracking, and voice command detection, all while maintaining battery life. Integration complexity, particularly in hardware and software compatibility, demands streamlined tools like the AONx360 platform for rapid deployment. Additionally, the dependency on high-quality datasets, often costly to obtain, is addressed through AONDevices’ data augmentation techniques, simplifying model creation. In a rapidly evolving market, customers rely on AONDevices for proven, ROI-focused solutions that mitigate the uncertainty of disruptive advancements. Moreover, our on-device AI ensures compliance with data privacy regulations like GDPR while securing local processing. AONDevices delivers low-power, high-accuracy AI solutions with simplified integration and robust support to overcome these challenges.
What does the competitive landscape look like, and how do you differentiate?
AONDevices distinguishes itself in the competitive Edge AI market by delivering comprehensive, innovative solutions that empower OEMs to create efficient, high-performing products. Our end-to-end approach integrates ML chips, models, and software, validated for seamless deployment. With market-leading power efficiency consuming as little as 260µW, our technology is ideal for battery-operated devices. We achieve high accuracy, exceeding 90% hit rates at 0dB SNR with a single microphone in real-world conditions. Our cost-effective platform supports multiple products using the same adaptable hardware, significantly reducing external algorithm costs. Data efficiency is enhanced through data augmentation, ensuring high accuracy even with limited datasets. By leveraging multi-sensor fusion, we enable advanced features such as gesture recognition and environmental context awareness, combining motion, acoustic, and environmental data. Our AONx360 platform further accelerates ML model creation and deployment, ensuring quick time-to-market. AONDevices provides the tools and technology for OEMs to innovate and adapt with confidence.
What new features/technology are you working on?
AONDevices is revolutionizing Edge AI with cutting-edge innovations designed to empower OEMs with super low-power, high-performance, and adaptive AI solutions. Our super low-power ML multi-sensor fusion integrates motion tracking, gesture recognition, and environmental context detection, enabling hands-free control and real-time context awareness in devices like smart glasses and fitness trackers. The next-generation AON2100 architecture combines optimized ML accelerators and RISC-V processors to enhance multi-sensor fusion, voice processing, and real-time decision-making. With AONx360 PRO, we expand model generation tools to offer minimal or no-data model creation, accelerating AI deployment. Additionally, our software IP for micro neural networks allows OEMs to seamlessly integrate ultra-compact and efficient AI models into devices like earbuds, smart rings, and wearables, offering unparalleled hardware and software flexibility. These advancements position AONDevices at the forefront of Edge AI, delivering unmatched efficiency and adaptability.
How do customers normally engage with your company?
Customers engage with AONDevices through a range of offerings designed to accelerate product innovation and deployment. Our chip integration solutions enable ultra-low-power ML features, such as wake word recognition, gesture detection, and motion tracking, in personal devices and wearables using the AON11xx chips. For tier-1 customers, we provide SW/HW strategic licensing, offering ML algorithms and IP for applications like true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets. Our ML model training services deliver customized model development through NRE fees, addressing solutions like denoisers, sensor fusion, and context detection. The AONx360 platform, offered as a subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS), streamlines ML model creation, optimization, and deployment. Finally, our global support and distribution network ensures smooth integration and post-deployment optimization worldwide. By combining hardware, software tools, and tailored services, AONDevices provides a comprehensive ecosystem to meet customer needs and drive innovation.
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