Удивительно, как много оказалось стартапов, кто занимается последним из наших чувств - запахом и имплементацией его в современные технологии.
«Теперь можно применять машинное обучение для количественной оценки, оцифровки и разработки запахов», — написал Алекс Вильчко, генеральный директор стартапа Osmo, ориентированного на запахи, в недавнем сообщении в блоге. Стартап из Кембриджа, штат Массачусетс, который позиционирует свою технологию как комбинацию искусственного интеллекта и обонятельной науки, в начале этого года привлек $60 млн в рамках серии А при поддержке Google Ventures и Lux Capital.
Osmo — один из нескольких стартапов на стыке ароматов и технологий, получивших финансирование за последние несколько лет. Используя данные Crunchbase, можно составить список из 20 таких компаний, области деятельности которых варьируются от цифрового обнаружения запахов до диагностики рака по запаху.
| Organization Name |
Description |
Total Equity Funding Amount Currency (in USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Osmo | Osmo gives computers a sense of smell that improves the health & wellbeing of human life. | $60,000,000 |
| Koniku | Koniku merges synthetic biology with silicon to build machines that detect smells. We build cyborgs capable of detecting smell. | $38,650,980 |
| Noze | Noze is the global leader in digital scent detection on a mission to advance humanity by giving machines the sense of smell. | $15,824,010 |
| Aromyx | Aromyx is a biotechnology startup applying biotechnology and data science to capture unique sensory data. | $18,808,000 |
| Hirotsu Bio Science | Hirotsu Bio Science develops a biodiagnostic technology to help in the early detection of cancer. | $22,420,539 |
| Moodify | Transforming the way scents are made by developing technology & solutions for the digitization of scent design. | $8,700,000 |
| NanoScent | Making scent readable. Scent recognition technology for industrial applications. VOCID Purity for monitoring hydrogen quality in real time. | $10,050,000 |
| Cyrano Therapeutics | Cyrano Therapeutics is developing an intranasal product designed to restore function in patients with a chronic loss of taste and smell. | $12,800,000 |
| Canaery | Canaery is building a neural interface for analyzing an object’s scent fingerprint to identify dangerous compounds. | $4,000,000 |
| Aroma Bit | Aroma Bit develops compact odor sensor and innovative services and products using the sensor. | $13,777,965 |
| Serionix | Serionix is a research and development company that develops materials for water and air purification. | $5,024,390 |
| Aromajoin | Aromajoin develops scent devices that combine hardware, software, and chemical technology. | $1,357,589 |
| ScentRealm | ScentRealm focuses on digital scent technology R&D and application. | $7,710,000 |
| The Blue Box Biomedical Solutions | AI-based eNose to detect breast cancer from the smell of urine. MedTech, FemTech, DeepTech, IOT | $236,579 |
| Ajinomatrix | Ajinomatrix digitizes the measurement of the senses of taste and smells for the food industry with AI through a sensory software suite. | $666,433 |
| SpotitEarly | SpotitEarly is a cancer-treatment-focused Israeli medtech startup. | $6,200,000 |
| SmartNanotubes Technologies | SmartNanotubes Technologies is a start-up company's odor sensor works on the basis of nanotechnology. | $2,711,947 |
| Perfumeo | Perfumeo® - the world's first intelligent home diffuser that tailors scent based on mood, employing cutting-edge, patented AI. | $100,000 |
| Purfresh Clean Inc. | Purfresh Clean is a leader in removing odor, mold, mildew, bacteria, germs, & viruses from enclosed spaces, yachts, & agricultural products | $780,000 |
| OW Smell Digital | OW designs digital smell technology through novel software and hardware solutions that allows to identify smells and perceptual effects. | $1,304,431 |
