
Snips is an artificial intelligence voice platform that runs on the edge, without sending any voice data to the cloud. Their embedded voice AI technology offers enterprises and developers offline and private-by-design conversational interfaces to animate interactions with products. With enterprise-grade performance and cloud-level accuracy across a wide range of hardware integrations on a low-power footprint, the Snips voice assistant simplifies human interactions with connected devices. Founded in 2013 by 3 PhDs, Snips operates in Paris, New York, and Tokyo, leveraging the ability to create custom voice commands and natural language interfaces to lead the embedded voice revolution.

Snips is an artificial intelligence voice platform that runs on the edge, without sending any voice data to the cloud. Their embedded voice AI technology offers enterprises and developers offline and private-by-design conversational interfaces to animate interactions with products. With enterprise-grade performance and cloud-level accuracy across a wide range of hardware integrations on a low-power footprint, the Snips voice assistant simplifies human interactions with connected devices. Founded in 2013 by 3 PhDs, Snips operates in Paris, New York, and Tokyo, leveraging the ability to create custom voice commands and natural language interfaces to lead the embedded voice revolution.
What they do: Privacy-first, on-device voice AI platform for embedded/edge devices
Founded: 2013
Founders: Mael Primet; Michael Fester; Rand Hindi
Exit: Acquired by Sonos (Nov 2019)
Total funding (reported): ≈ €22M (reported) / $24.3M (Crunchbase)
Embedded/edge voice assistants and conversational interfaces with a focus on privacy-by-design.
2013
Artificial Intelligence; Voice Assistants; Embedded Software
6.3M USD
Seed round participation from Eniac Ventures, 500 Startups, Brent Hoberman, Xavier Niel and Bpifrance.
≈22M EUR (total to date reported)
Reported total by 2018 of €22M from investors including Korelya Capital, MAIF Avenir, Bpifrance and Eniac Ventures.
Acquired by Sonos (reported deal price ≈ $37M).
“Korelya Capital; MAIF Avenir; Bpifrance; Eniac Ventures; The Hive; 500 Startups”