• Accelerator

Kanari AI

  • Technology
  • Cohort 4 2021
  • Alumni
  • Accelerator

Kanari AI

  • Technology
  • Cohort 4 2021
  • Alumni

Inventor's story

For enterprise customers who want to improve customer experience, provide more accessible content, or leverage the power of their voice data, Kanari AI provides multilingual/multidialectal speech technology solutions, with an initial focus on Dialectal Arabic. Their Global Arabic speech recognition model detects 19 Arabic dialects, covering 95% of the Arabic-speaking market. Their solutions are currently being used for transcription, captioning, subtitling, analytics, media monitoring, accessibility, and security applications.


                    

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About the founder

Ryan Carmichael – CEO – Co-founder

Giri Nagaraja – CRO – Co-founder

Dr. Ahmed Ali – Chief Scientist – Co-founder

The experienced team of global professionals consisting of  Ryan Carmichael (CEO), Giri Nagaraja (CTO), and Dr. Ahmed Ali (Chief Scientist), have mapped out the gaps and the opportunities for speech and voice technologies in MENA.  Ryan Carmichael commented: “How many people in the region still cannot be understood by technology? Too many. One of our biggest advantages is our AI team. They are leaders in speech recognition and pioneering research in dialectal Arabic. The opportunity for speech technology is everywhere, and we are just getting started!”

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