Genesis AI Continues to Receive Prestigious National and International Award Recognition
Eden Prairie, Minnesota (May 23, 2023) – Starkey is proud to announce its all-new Genesis AI hearing aids have been named a winner in the Health & Pharmaceuticals Product category of the 2023 American Business Awards. As the nation’s premier business awards program receiving more than 3,700 nominations this year, the Stevie Awards recognize excellence in the workplace, and mark the fourth product innovation and design award won by Genesis AI since its launch this February.
“Starkey continues to be recognized for pushing the edge of what was possible,” said Starkey President and CEO Brandon Sawalich. “We set out to engineer a product from the inside out, and as a result, we’ve created the smartest, most intuitive hearing aid, worthy of recognition for excellence.”
Starkey’s Genesis AI is leading the hearing industry in redefining the future of hearing health, not just with incremental improvements, but with breakthrough benefits. The all-new Starkey Neuro Processor within Genesis AI features the industry’s most advanced processor technology, which mimics the function of the central auditory system through an on-chip Deep Neural Network accelerator. It is not only the smallest processor ever engineered by Starkey, but also the most powerful with 6X more transistors. It is also loaded with 5X more computational memory and 10X the amount of non-volatile memory. Moreover, with a power-efficient architecture, Genesis AI offers more than double the battery life compared to previous technology.
“We’ve truly created the industry’s best performing multifunctional hearing devices on the market,” said Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering, Achin Bhowmik, Ph.D. “With Genesis AI, we’ve reimagined and rearchitected the hearing aid, creating a once-in-a-decade development in advanced technology. I’m so proud to be part of a team that is continually recognized for cutting-edge products that are turning hearing aids into want-to-wear devices.”
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About Starkey
Starkey is a privately held, global hearing technology company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Founded by Bill Austin in 1967, Starkey is known for its innovative design, development and distribution of comprehensive digital hearing systems. Led today by President and CEO Brandon Sawalich, Starkey is the only American-owned provider of hearing technologies. The company has more than 5,000 employees, operates 29 facilities and does business in more than 100 markets worldwide. Learn more at starkey.com.
