
Hyfe is an AI-powered respiratory care company that utilizes acoustic epidemiology to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Their core technology focuses on the continuous, validated monitoring and analysis of coughs, using AI models that run on-device for privacy. Hyfe offers solutions for pharma, academics, and healthcare providers, with products like CoughMonitor Suite and CoughPro. The company has a significant presence in clinical trials, having participated in 46 global trials, and boasts a large dataset of processed coughs. Their business model appears to be a combination of SaaS for their monitoring tools and potentially licensing for their AI technology, serving a wide range of indications including asthma, COPD, and COVID-19. They aim to transform healthcare by creating simple, scalable, efficient, and impactful diagnostic and monitoring tools.

Hyfe is an AI-powered respiratory care company that utilizes acoustic epidemiology to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Their core technology focuses on the continuous, validated monitoring and analysis of coughs, using AI models that run on-device for privacy. Hyfe offers solutions for pharma, academics, and healthcare providers, with products like CoughMonitor Suite and CoughPro. The company has a significant presence in clinical trials, having participated in 46 global trials, and boasts a large dataset of processed coughs. Their business model appears to be a combination of SaaS for their monitoring tools and potentially licensing for their AI technology, serving a wide range of indications including asthma, COPD, and COVID-19. They aim to transform healthcare by creating simple, scalable, efficient, and impactful diagnostic and monitoring tools.
What they do: Acoustic AI that detects, monitors, and analyzes coughs with on-device models and a cloud Insights API
Founded: March 2020
HQ / Legal: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Employees (approx.): 36
Funding rounds: Convertible note (Feb 1, 2021)
Respiratory health monitoring and diagnostics (cough detection/analysis)
2020
Digital health / Medical AI
Recorded as a convertible note; public amount obfuscated
“Plug and Play participation recorded”