Beyond Verbal
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Biometrics |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | , |
Beyond Verbal is an Israeli start-up company that has developed a tool for Emotion recognition using vocal intonation.[1][2]
Overview
[edit]Beyond Verbal commercializes patented technology from 18 years of research by physicists and neuropsychologists into the mechanisms of human intonations.[3] The company says that its technology enables machines to understand human emotions by analyzing raw voice intonations as people speak.[4][5][6][7]
History
[edit]The company founders are Yoav Hoshen, Yuval Mor, Yuval Rabin and Ambassador Ned Siegel. Its technology was based on the research of Dr. Yoram Levanon and neuro-psychologist Lan Lossos. The idea for Beyond Verbal came to Levanon after observing how babies, who do not understand a single word, can figure out how their caretakers feel about them. After testing 60,000 subjects in 26 languages, he developed a system called Emotion Analytics to extract, decode and measure human moods, attitudes and personalities.[8]
Milestones
[edit]- 04.2012: Founding of Beyond Verbal Communication, Ltd.
- 09.2012: Purchase of Key IP – Emotions Analytics technology, 17 years of research, 70,000 voices tagged in more than 30 languages, 3 patents
- 05.2013: First seed investment of $2.8M[9]
- 06.2013: Launch of Moodies – Emotions Analytics web-based demo app
- 07.2013: Follow on investment of additional $1 million
- 09.2013: Launch of Emotions Analytics cloud-based API and first partner sign-up
- 12.2013: Launch of first third-party solution
- 01.2014: Launch of mobile Moodies iOS app[10]
- 06.2014: Partnership With Lieberman Research Worldwide (LRW) to integrate Emotions Analytics technology to enhance market research.[11]
Investors
[edit]Beyond Verbal has received $10.8 million in funding. Investors include Singulariteam, Winnovation and The Siegel Group.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "In a Mood? Call Center Agents Can Tell". nytimes.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "App Tells You How You Feel". wsj.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "A look inside Beyond Verbal's developer program". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Beyond Verbal knows when 'have a nice day' means 'go to hell'". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "To infinity and Beyond Verbal: The Web app revolutionizing the science of voice analysis". digitaltrends.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Beyond Verbal's New App Tells You How Cheating Politicians Really Feel". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "These Are The Emotions That Your Favorite Movie Robots Feel, According To A Voice Analytics Company". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "The Web app revolutionizing the science of voice analysis". www.digitaltrends.com. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^ "Beyond Verbal Gets A $2.8M Seed Round To Develop Voice Recognition That Decodes Emotions". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Exclusive: Mood analysis of Apple CEO Tim Cook's speech". fortune.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Lieberman partners with Beyond Verbal". research-live.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Beyond Verbal's emotion-recognition tech could change customer service". fiercemobileit.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.