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2026 CUPRA Startup Day

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It was a pleasure being part of the CUPRA Start-up Day 2026 at the SEAT S.A. Technical Centre. Proactivaudio was one one of the few selected start-ups to visit the R&D Team of Seat Cupra at their headquarters and showcase our solutions for active noise and acoustic echo cancellation.

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Barbara Kieslinger, one of our co-founders, represented proactivaudio at this amazing event and engaged in inspiring conversations on next generation in vehicle audio experiences. We would like to thank the teams at CARNET and Seat Cupra for offering this opportunity and showing interest in our advanced technology.

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Our multichannel active noise cancellation technology is designed to reduce road, tire, and engine noise in real time—especially critical in electrical vehicles, where road noise dominates the acoustic signature. This improves speech intelligibility, passenger comfort, and perceived vehicle quality, creating a quieter, more focused cabin. Delivered as lightweight, DSP-agnostic embedded firmware, our software-defined approach aligns with CUPRA’s transition toward software-defined vehicles, enabling over-the-air optimization.

SpeechMike Ambient from PHILIPS

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PHILIPS dictation division has recently announced its latest product, the SpeechMike Ambient, a wearable AI assistant engineered for real-world healthcare with technology that listens, featuring:

  • 4-microphone array + active noise cancellation, audio stays crystal clear, even in busy clinical environments.
  • Flexible audio modes adapt to whatever the moment demands – single speaker recording, conversations, or interpretation.
  • Built for speed, safety, and seamless workflows: encrypted Bluetooth LE, enterprise-grade complianceand backwards compatibility with existing SpeechMike systems.

We at proactivaudio are extremely proud to have contributed to such an innovative PHILIPS wearable device and wish the company more success in the future.

Well done!

Partnering Knowles for Voice IoT

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In cooperation with Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN), a market leader and global provider of advanced micro-acoustic and audio solutions, we are developing the front-end audio software for far-field full-duplex voice IoT interfaces, such as for smart speakers and speakerphones.

The solution, based on a “3+1” microphone array with Knowles MEMS, will run in Knowles AISonic™ Audio Edge Processor IA8201 as it provides the required computing force and connectivity (128-bit four-way SIMD DSP core, 4x PDM inputs, and up to 3x I²S ports) in order to have a centric solution without additional chips.

In case you did not have the chance to see it at CES 2023 in one of Knowles showrooms, you can now listen to it in the link below.


Our Technology and Solutions in a Nutshell

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Conversational Recording

Our core acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) technology adapted to the source separation problem dramatically improves the raw performance of microphone-array beamforming. Such a solution opens up a myriad of possibilities in conversational recording in legal and business sectors, in which assuring “who said what” is key.

Automotive Audio

Making a phone call to a car driver is still not quite a pleasant experience today: apart from its noisy hollow environment, the communication is plagued with volume drops and awkward audio artifacts. Our AEC solution compared to a phone call in a popular car leaves no doubt that current audio systems for in-car hand-free telephony need an overhaul to meet 21st century standards.

And More

The combination of music cancellation and advanced beamforming  enables the far-field control of a smart TV. Finally, karaoke systems can get protected with our technology.

US Patent Granted

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Our innovative solution for acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) has been intellectually protected in the United States, China, United Kingdom and Germany.

You can take a look at the US patent.

Partnership with Infineon

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proactivaudio has recently become member of the Infineon Partner Ecosystem. Only selected companies “based on their proven competence and ability to design and deliver strong and trustworthy solutions, especially for new technologies and application fields” are participating in this partnership network. We are proud to be part of this ecosystem that allows us to develop the next-generation voice-user interfaces using XENSIV™ MEMS microphones and proactivaudio’s innovative audio software in partnership with Infineon.

proactivaudio receives AWS Seedfinancing

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After an initial Pre-Seed funding we are happy to announce that we obtained the commitment by Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), the promotional bank of the Austrian federal government, to continue supporting us financially under their Seedfinancing programme.

The funding supports us in our market entry phase and the expansion of our product portfolio. We are very happy for their trust in our performance.

Link to our recent press release (in German).

proactivaudio SDK

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We are proud to announce that proactivaudio technology in acoustic echo cancellation is available in several platforms, such as Intel Core, Android, ARM, and SHARC, all optimised with SIMD hardware acceleration.