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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We invented noise cancellation technology that became a significant breakthrough in mobile audio, which we initially stumbled upon while trying to solve a problem.

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Hosain Rahman at Startup School SV 2014

@ Y Combinator

10/15/14

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We realized that our initial ideas for speech recognition weren't feasible, which led us to pivot and focus on developing noise cancellation technology.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

DARPA funding allowed us to develop our noise cancellation algorithms for military applications, which helped us keep our company afloat during tough times.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

In 1999, we aimed to create a voice interaction system for mobile devices, inspired by the mobile device revolution led by companies like Palm and Nokia.

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Mati Staniszewski

05/30/25

@ Stripe

We started as a company focusing on text-to-speech, then expanded to speech-to-text, creating an orchestration that combines both technologies.

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Hosain Rahman

04/26/17

@ Y Combinator

We focus on the details that create magical user experiences, like the sound design of the Jambox that took months to perfect.

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Jony Ive

10/17/14

@ Vanity Fair

Touch technology was a significant challenge, and there were many moments when we nearly gave up on it, but it ultimately became a defining feature of our products.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

Despite the initial excitement around our technology, major handset manufacturers were reluctant to integrate it due to cost concerns, which hindered our progress.

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Dalton Caldwell

01/06/22

@ Y Combinator

I think we had it backwards by creating a company around a hot technology instead of focusing on a real problem to solve.

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Andrew Ng

05/29/25

@ LangChain

Using background noise in voice applications can make users more accepting of latency, improving their overall experience.