# Sensory, Inc.

> Sensory is a Santa Clara-based company that builds on-device AI for voice, sound, and biometrics. Since 1994 its embedded software has shipped in more than three billion consumer electronics, from toys and wearables to cars and smart speakers, giving devices the ability to listen, see, and verify without sending data to the cloud.

- **Founded:** 1994
- **Headquarters:** Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founders:** Todd Mozer (Co-founder, Chairman & CEO), Forrest Mozer (Co-founder), Michael Mozer (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~49 employees
- **Products:** TrulyHandsfree, TrulyNatural, TrulySecure, SoundID, VoiceHub
- **Notable:** Shipped technology in 3+ billion consumer devices, 60+ issued patents across speech, biometrics and sound, Released the first commercially successful embedded speech recognition chip in the mid-1990s

## Products & services

- **TrulyHandsfree** — Low-power wake word and small-vocabulary command engine used in earbuds, wearables, appliances and toys.
- **TrulyNatural** — Large-vocabulary, on-device natural language understanding and speech-to-text.
- **TrulySecure** — On-device face and voice biometric authentication with anti-spoofing.
- **SoundID** — Sound scene and event detection - including emergency vehicle, glass break, baby cry and snore detection.
- **VoiceHub** — Self-service web tool to build custom wake words, command sets and small NLU models.
- **Sensory Micro** — Ultra-low-power AI engine optimized for microcontrollers and NPUs such as Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite and CEVA NeuPro-Nano.

## Achievements

- Shipped technology in 3+ billion consumer devices
- 60+ issued patents across speech, biometrics and sound
- Released the first commercially successful embedded speech recognition chip in the mid-1990s
- Independent and profitable for 30+ years without major outside funding
- Acquired Fluent Speech Technologies in 1999

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Announced Sensory Micro on Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite for always-on wearable AI.
- **2026-01** — CES 2026: TrulyHandsfree wake word engine available for CEVA NeuPro-Nano.
- **2025-12** — Partnered with Fujitsu; Mizuho Bank deploying TrulySecure face biometrics in mobile banking.
- **2023-09** — Launched TrulyHandsfree 7.0 with new accuracy/power benchmarks.

## Links

- Website: https://sensory.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sensory-inc-
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/trulyhandsfree
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SensoryInc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/SensoryInc

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Last updated: 2026-06-28