You can now ask soundhound to play a song, or identify music, with just your voice. Soundhound is looking to rapidly grow the number of services that integrate with its app, with mohajer hoping for 1,000 tieins. Soundhound release hound voice search app digital trends. Later, soundhound became the first music recognition. Soundhound launches hound voice search platform on ios, android. Soundhound founder keyvan mohajer told wired that hound is engineered to handle search queries faster than rival services because the company is applying all it has learned about voice technology. We believe that using voicetointerface with devices will become a widespread user behavior if it is fast and delightful, said keyvan mohajer, soundhound s founder and ceo, on the apps launch. Keyvan mohajer born 1978 is an iraniancanadian computer scientist and entrepreneur, best known for being the founder and ceo of soundhound.
Just open the app, hit the big orange button, and well tell you exactly what song is playing. During a demo, soundhound founder keyvan mohajer spoke a series of everescalating commands and questions concerning international locations into his nexus 5, eventually forcing the android app to. Sep 14, 2018 keyvan mohajer is hoping the past nine years of research and work building a digital assistant at soundhound will be worth the wait. He works tirelessly to make the products built on top of the houndify platform a success, and can even periodically be found waking up early to write code for a few hours before coming to work and putting on. Stanford phd candidate keyvan mohajer started soundhound in 2005 to identify that pesky song that was stuck in your head. Over the past few years, founder and ceo keyvan mohajer, has been working hard on building a. Keyvan mohajer is hoping the past nine years of research and work building a digital assistant at soundhound will be worth the wait. Keep those eyes on the road, leveraging soundhounds voice ai. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. We believe that using voice to interface with devices will become a widespread user behavior if it is fast and delightful, said keyvan mohajer, soundhound inc. Soundhound gives each employee the ability and options to carve out their place in the organization. Soundhound, a provider of sound recognition and search technologies, today launched houndify, an advanced developer platform that enables users to create voiceenabled conversational interfaces.
Soundhound s interview process is lengthy and it can be intimidating, but they are serious about hiring smart, talented, kind, and personable people. Soundhounds cofounder, james hom, was a student at stanford when he first mentioned to his ta, keyvan mohajer, the idea of a technology that could identify music that users sing or hum. When hound launched, soundhound founder and ceo keyvan mohajer said the company had been experimenting with voice recognition for almost a decade. In an interview with bgr, soundhound founder and ceo keyvan mohajer explained how he conceived hound and how he expects to compete against rival digital personal assistants created by tech giants. At soundhound, keyvan mohajer has 11 colleagues who can be contacted including jay eum director, larry marcus director industry colleagues. Soundhound makes it simple to discover music playing around you. Hound delivers a major stepchange to both speed and accuracy, while doing something fundamentally different from previous voice technologies by. It doesnt matter if youre at home, in your car, or anywhere else. Over the past few years, founder and ceo keyvan mohajer, has been working hard on building a smarter and faster version of.
Theres room to grow in every team, and with such a strong position in the voicenlu market, you know the lights will be on the following year. Download soundhound for pc and simultaneously launch pandora, rdio spotify at comfort of your home desktop computer. View keyvan mohajer s professional profile on linkedin. Apr 24, 2020 soundhound makes it simple to discover music playing around you. I always tell my team members, think of your competitors. Keyvan mohajer of soundhound is one of the 40 under 40 winners. Keyvan sets the vision for the soundhound team, championing the development of innovative and disruptive technologies that improve life. You can now say ok hound in soundhound to trigger voice. However, theres more to soundhound than its ability to name that tune. Oct 24, 2019 the organizational chart of soundhound displays its main executives including keyvan mohajer and katie mcmahon. On soundhound, you have far more options, with the ability to download the song on itunes, look up similar artists, look up other songs on the album, or the artists entire discography, lyrics, videos on youtube, tour dates, song album appearances, and share the song on facebook or twitter, and via email and sms. Soundhound founder and ceo keyvan mohajer has announced a partnership with hyundai. In 2014, soundhound became the first musicsearch product available as a wearable.
Shazam is also a free or low cost applicatio for android, apple, blackberry, nokia, windows phone and most sony erricsson. Mar 01, 2016 soundhound is looking to rapidly grow the number of services that integrate with its app, with mohajer hoping for 1,000 tieins. Keyvan mohajer born 1978 is an iraniancanadian computer scientist and entrepreneur, best known for being the founder and ceo of soundhound contents 1 life and education. Mohajer is ceo of the music identification app that has been downloaded more than 300. In 2012, soundhound announced it had over 100 million users globally.
I was leaving for seattle the day after our meeting, so mohajer is using my trip as an impromptu scenario to show me. The company was founded in 2005 by keyvan mohajer, a ph. Soundhounds virtual assistant launches out of beta to take. Several partner companies, including and accuweather, have committed to providing their own data and apis to the houndify platform so. Well, according to founder and ceo keyvan mohajer said theres a lot more to it in fact, he described the soundhound story as one of the bestkept secrets in silicon valley. Soundhound challenges siri with new hound voice search app. Soundhound gets houndified, adds voice search capabilities. We built the houndify platform to enable this massive paradigm shift. Show me hotels in seattle for friday, staying one night, soundhound ceo keyvan mohajer orders the hound app on his android phone. Born in iran, mohajer moved to canada at a young age. All the songs and lyrics you discover will be kept in your own personal history, and. We believe in a world where we speak to the things around us. Soundhounds natural voice search app hound is now out.
Its easier now to find the hottest music and take it with you anywhere. Oct 24, 2019 at soundhound, keyvan mohajer has 11 colleagues who can be contacted including jay eum director, larry marcus director industry colleagues. The touchtunes jukebox also lets you play your music. Soundhounds virtual assistant launches out of beta to. Today, soundhound ceo mohajer said the company is publicly relea. Elvis talking to hound, soundhounds ai, in mercedes super bowl commercial. Jun 02, 2015 well, according to founder and ceo keyvan mohajer said theres a lot more to it in fact, he described the soundhound story as one of the bestkept secrets in silicon valley. Soundhound launches hound voice search platform on ios. Soundhound unveils hound voice recognition platform adweek. The demand for a fast and accurate, natural, voiceenabled, and conversational interface to the exploding number of connected devices is upon us, said keyvan mohajer, soundhound s founder and ceo, in a statement. A mobile tech industry pioneer, she launched the first shazam app. May 17, 2016 i really believe that you cannot believe a platform unless you have a killer product that is really good, that people see and use and love, soundhound ceo keyvan mohajer told digital trends. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like keyvan mohajer discover inside connections to recommended job.
In a statement, keyvan mohajer, ceo and founder of soundhound, commented on hound. This partnership will bring his companys unique ai voice recognition to automobiles. Jun 02, 2015 hound will redefine the way we interact with devices, information, and services, soundhound ceo keyvan mohajer said in a statement. May 17, 2016 you can now ask soundhound to play a song, or identify music, with just your voice. Hound will redefine the way we interact with devices, information, and services, said keyvan mohajer, founder and ceo, soundhound inc. The round includes a strategic group of investors including nvidia gpu ventures, samsung catalyst fund, nomura holdings, inc. Keyvan mohajers soundhound powers hyundais incar ai. May 26, 2017 soundhounds cofounder, james hom, was a student at stanford when he first mentioned to his ta, keyvan mohajer, the idea of a technology that could identify music that users sing or hum. Jun 05, 2015 hound will redefine the way we interact with devices, information, and services, said keyvan mohajer, founder and ceo, soundhound inc. The allnew veloster, set for launch in january 2018, will include soundhounds korean music recognition service, while the english music recognition for the us market first debuted on a genesis model in 2014.
In 2009, the companys midomi app was rebranded as soundhound. Result is shown on the screen complete with details on artist, album, title, genre, music label, lyrics, a thumbnail image of the songalbum artwork, links to download the song on itunes or the amazon mp3 store and, where relevant, show the songs video on youtube and give. We believe in enabling humans to interact with the things around them in the same way we interact with each other. Hound will redefine the way we interact with devices, information, and services, soundhound ceo keyvan mohajer said in a statement. By continuing your navigation, you consent to their use. I was leaving for seattle the day after our meeting, so mohajer is using. Hound will redefine the way we interact with devices, information and services. We believe in a world where we speak to the things around us just as we speak to each other, and we have worked tirelessly for nearly a decade to create the technology that realizes this vision. I really believe that you cannot believe a platform unless you have a killer product that is really good, that people see and use and love, soundhound ceo keyvan mohajer told digital trends. Keyvan mohajer of soundhound is one of the 40 under 40. In the consumer electronics industry, keyvan mohajer has 4,102 colleagues in 473 companies located in 45 countries.
He is also the principal executive responsible for soundhounds te. How to have meaningful conversations with your car when your. With our houndify voice ai platform, add a custom voice assistant to your product or service. Soundhound ceo keyvan mohajer tells us that hes not afraid of those 800pound gorillas, though. We enable humans to interact with the things around them in the same way we interact with each other. He completed his bs at the university of toronto in 2000 and his. The platform debuted on december 15 and now lets anyone houndify.
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