What Deep Hearing does

Deep Hearing Corp. is a South Korea-based AI audio processing company that builds noise reduction, echo cancellation, beamforming, and voice activity detection technology for communication devices. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Seoul's Seocho-gu district (Gangnam) with a secondary office at Daejeon Startup Park, the company sells a portfolio of products including a desktop application compatible with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet; a cross-platform on-device SDK supporting Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Web; semiconductor chip-level noise reduction and VAD algorithms for low-power wearables; and JustMe, its first consumer beamforming microphone. The technical stack is built around a proprietary neural network architecture called Coneformer alongside directional beamforming, an AI denoiser, and an echo canceller, all engineered to run lightweight on low-end hardware without cloud dependency.

The company's commercial model combines subscription-style SDK and desktop software licensing for enterprise integration with one-time sales of JustMe consumer hardware through a dedicated e-commerce storefront. Go-to-market is product-led, relying on downloadable apps and SDKs for self-serve adoption, supplemented by a contact-form-based enterprise sales channel. Named enterprise integration partners span Korean and global companies across telecommunications (LG U+, Powertel), audio equipment (Audio Technica, Cresyn), semiconductors (Polyn Technology, Greenwaves), mobile (Gram Mobile), and education technology (Gooroomee, JW ATS, Softbridge), targeting video conferencing, push-to-talk (PTT) devices, and wearable/IoT use cases. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and the company has received Korean government-backed TIPS Program support as its only disclosed funding event.

Name

Deep Hearing

Legal name

Deep Hearing Corp.

Website

https://deep-hearing.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Deep Hearing Corp. is a South Korea-based AI audio technology company that offers cross-platform noise reduction SDKs, a video conferencing desktop application, on-chip audio algorithms for low-power wearables, and the JustMe consumer beamforming microphone for enterprise and consumer customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Audio Processing Software

NAICS

Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (33431)

SIC

Communications Equipment, Nec (3669), Household Audio & Video Equipment (3651)

akta.pro primary industry

On-Device Speech & Audio AI (wake word, ASR, enhancement) (HDAAAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Speech Enhancement & Noise Suppression (AEC/NR) (HDAAAFAG), Audio & Voice Mixed-Signal ICs (Codecs/Amplifiers) (HDAHAIAG), Microphones, Headsets & Audio Input Devices (HDACAFAH)

Keywords

• AI audio processing
• Noise reduction software
• Voice enhancement SDK
• Beamforming technology
• Speech enhancement platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Seocho

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Products (SDK & Desktop App): Deep Hearing generates revenue through software licensing of its AI-powered noise reduction and audio enhancement SDKs and desktop applications for enterprise and consumer use across multiple platforms.
2. Hardware Products (JustMe Microphone): Sale of the JustMe AI-powered beamforming microphone product through the company's e-commerce store, representing the company's first consumer hardware product.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Deep Hearing develops and sells AI-powered audio processing software for noise reduction, echo cancellation, and voice enhancement. Its portfolio includes a cross-platform SDK (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Web), a desktop application for video conferencing (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet), on-device noise reduction and VAD algorithms for low-power semiconductor chips, and the JustMe consumer beamforming microphone.

Product overview

Deep Hearing offers an AI-powered audio technology portfolio comprising a desktop application, a cross-platform SDK, and semiconductor chip solutions. The products leverage core technologies including Denoiser, Echo Canceller, Beamformer, and Coneformer. The desktop app integrates with video conferencing platforms (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet) for clear voice communication. The SDK provides on-device libraries for desktop and mobile platforms. The chip product delivers noise reduction and speech activity detection on low-power chips for wearables. Additionally, Deep Hearing launched JustMe, its first hardware microphone product featuring beamforming AI technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JustMe: First microphone product launched by Deep Hearing, bringing a new audio experience with Deep Hearing's beamforming AI technology.

Products and services

• Deep Hearing Desktop App A downloadable desktop application for Windows/Mac that runs alongside video conferencing tools (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet) to remove ambient noise, echo, and howling, providing clear voice for end users during calls.
• Deep Hearing SDK A cross-platform on-device software development kit (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Web) that enables developers and enterprises to embed AI noise reduction and voice enhancement into their own applications, including video conferencing, PTT, and communication products.
• Deep Hearing Chip On-device noise reduction and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) algorithms licensed to semiconductor and wearable OEMs for mounting on low-power chips in small devices such as wearables, hearables, and IoT audio products.
• JustMe Microphone Deep Hearing's first consumer hardware microphone product featuring beamforming AI technology, sold through the company's e-commerce store to deliver clear voice capture for individual users.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fast processing on low-end devices with lightweight AI models

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Polyn TechnologycoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for on-device noise reduction and speech activity detection algorithms mounted on semiconductor chips for small devices such as wearables.
• GreenwavescoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration for low-power chip-based audio processing solutions, enabling noise reduction and VAD on energy-efficient semiconductor platforms.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Zoom: Zoom has steadily embedded native AI noise suppression and voice enhancement into its platform, representing the largest embedded alternative to Deep Hearing's third-party desktop audio filtering.
• NVIDIA: NVIDIA bundles AI noise removal (RTX Voice / Broadcast) into its GPU/SDK stack, offering ambient noise reduction capabilities that overlap with Deep Hearing's denoising on desktop platforms at massive scale.
• Sennheiser: Sennheiser is a global pro-audio and conferencing hardware brand that competes with the JustMe microphone product and integrates its own beamforming/voice enhancement features into enterprise audio devices.
• Poly (HP): Poly, now part of HP, builds enterprise headsets, conference phones, and video bars with proprietary noise-canceling DSP — a broad incumbent serving the same video conferencing endpoints Deep Hearing targets via SDK.
• Dolby Laboratories: Dolby provides advanced audio processing, noise reduction, and voice enhancement across communications, broadcasting, and consumer devices, representing a deep-pocketed incumbent in AI-driven audio enhancement.
• Microsoft: Microsoft Teams ships built-in noise suppression and voice isolation features, and Microsoft is a deep investor in conversational AI — a platform incumbent impacting Deep Hearing's meeting audio niche.

Direct peers

• Shure: Shure manufactures professional microphones, conferencing systems, and audio solutions with built-in noise reduction; directly relevant to Deep Hearing's JustMe beamforming microphone and PTT audio offerings.
• Krisp: Krisp provides AI-driven noise suppression and voice clarity software for video conferencing and contact centers, directly competing with Deep Hearing's desktop app and SDK in the meeting-audio enhancement category.
• Synaptics: Synaptics supplies low-power audio/voice DSPs and on-device AI for hearables, IoT, and wearables — directly comparable to Deep Hearing's chip-level VAD/noise reduction product targeting embedded semiconductor platforms.
• Audio-Technica: Audio-Technica produces pro/consumer microphones and headsets with proprietary noise reduction, and is also a Deep Hearing customer partner — making it both a competitor for hardware and a commercial channel for SDK integration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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