Cochl

Cochl builds machine-listening software that detects sounds such as gunshots, screams, glass breaking, alarms and coughs as they happen. Companies in security, smart home, media, defense and manufacturing use it to react to audio events and catch equipment problems early.

Cochl.Sense recognizes more than 100 sound types and can be trained on custom sounds for a specific project. A separate anomaly detection product watches acoustic and vibration patterns on industrial equipment and vehicles to support predictive maintenance.

The models can run through cloud APIs or edge SDKs, so detection can happen on devices as well as on servers. The research team has won the IEEE DCASE challenge for sound event detection twice in a row, and custom work covers areas like drone detection and speaker recognition.