Omnisent, a new Munich based startup pioneering scalable acoustic sensing powered by AI, has closed a €2.5 million Pre-Seed Round led by Atlantic Labs. Several serial entrepreneurs participated as well.
Omnisent builds hardware and software tailored for acoustic data, designed to extract insights from complex acoustic signals. Their proprietary ultra-low-power sonic devices capture and process acoustic signals in real-time, training what they call a Large Acoustic Model (LAM) — laying the groundwork for their own foundation model built to decode the rich, messy, and untapped world of non-speech audio.
“Omnisent is extracting the acoustic layer of the physical world to unlock a new dimension of intelligence. By pairing ultra-low power sonic devices with a large acoustic model (LAM) trained on non-speech audio, we turn sound into real-time intelligence," said Robin Daiber, Co-Founder & CEO.
Omnisent was founded in late 2024 by Daiber, Ann-Kristin Balve (Co-CTO), and Adrien Jathe (Co-CTO).
Officially launched in late 2024, the company already received several awards: a scientific collaboration scholarship with the world-renowned German Fraunhofer Institute, a founder scholarship by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Founder Award by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and recognition as one of the top 10 AI startups in the Cambridge and Oxford ecosystem.
"The team combines deep scientific expertise from Cambridge University and Imperial College with impressive execution," said Christophe F. Maire, Founder & GP Atlantic Labs. "Their proprietary acoustic hardware and algorithms unlock a sensing dimension that has been largely untapped."
"As intelligent systems gain importance, we believe that the solutions developed by Omnisent will not only revolutionize the industry but also set new standards in energy efficiency and resource management," added Prof. Joachim Bös: At Fraunhofer IDMT. "We’re incredibly proud to see our alumnus Robin and his team driving this forward, and we remain excited about Omnisent’s journey and its potential to shape a new frontier in Acoustic AI,” said Prof. Tim Minshall, Head of Institute for Manufacturing — Cambridge.
