# Picovoice: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `59fef3b8-6c11-408e-954a-c22c01364dbc`

## Key facts

- **Headquarters:** Vancouver, BC, Canada
- **Founded:** 2016
- **Status:** private
- **Type:** brain

- **Slug:** picovoice
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** Vancouver, BC, Canada
- **Funding total (USD):** 500000

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Alireza Kenarsari](/people/alireza-kenarsari.md) CEO (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (1)

- [Alireza Kenarsari](/people/alireza-kenarsari.md) (sole)

## Partnerships (2)

- [picovoice x nvidia](/partnerships/picovoice-x-nvidia.md) with NVIDIA _technology_
- [picovoice x aws](/partnerships/picovoice-x-aws.md) with AWS _technology_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Picovoice?

Edge voice AI platform with on-device wake word, speech-to-text, and NLU designed for embedded systems including [Humanoid](/companies/humanoid-ai) robots.

### What does Picovoice make?

Picovoice has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Picovoice builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

### Is Picovoice publicly traded?

No. Picovoice is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Picovoice?

Picovoice is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $500,000 in disclosed funding.

### Where is Picovoice headquartered?

Picovoice is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

### How much funding has Picovoice raised?

Picovoice has raised approximately $500K in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Who owns Picovoice?

Picovoice is privately held and venture-backed ($500,000 raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is Picovoice a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Picovoice ranks in roughly the top 67% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Picovoice founded?

Picovoice was founded in 2016.


## Sources (1)

1. https://picovoice.ai

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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