About Us - AONDevices

Fabless Semiconductor AI Company

Who We Are

AONDevices (AON) is a semiconductor company based in Irvine, CA, that specializes in developing super low-power smart edge AI processors, algorithms and solutions, making it perfect for battery-powered “always on” devices.

AON provides a complete, super low-power edge AI solution, including ML chips that come with integrated ML-optimized algorithms at no extra cost to customers. AON’s tool suite can be licensed to support data collection to inference, with advanced data augmentation and adaptive training tools that can be used online or offline. Additionally, AON offers fast time-to-market training services, with support for small datasets.

AON’s cutting-edge technology offers a hassle-free way to control all your devices, including wearables, hearables, and smart home devices, using only your voice with super low power consumption. With AON’s advanced acoustic event detection technology, you won’t miss any important sounds, whether it’s a siren, alarm, or breaking glass. You can customize your device’s settings to recognize and classify specific sounds, giving you greater control over your environment. AON also offers a speaker identification feature that lets you tailor your device to your preferences. Moreover, AON’s sensor fusion technology collects data from multiple sensors, providing unparalleled accuracy, for a complete overview of your fitness, health, and home. AONDevices was founded in 2018 by a group of industry veterans with deep expertise in audio processing and AI. Despite being a relatively new company, their technology and solutions have already been licensed and used by tier-1 customers. AONDevices is privately held and headquartered in Irvine, CA.

AONDevices solution consists of

The Team

Mouna El Khatib

CEO, CTO, and Co-Founder

Mouna Elkhatib, CEO, CTO, and Co-Founder of AONDevices, Inc., is an innovative and passionate entrepreneur who successfully grew AONDevices into one of the leading Edge AI providers. An industry expert in voice and audio processing, Mouna has over 20 years of experience in semiconductor technology with a successful track record in both engineering and leadership. Prior to AONDevices, Mouna architected and led the development of cutting-edge voice and audio semiconductor solutions for smartphones, PCs, smart speakers, and Internet of Things (IoT) at Qualcomm and Conexant. Mouna is a member of several industry organizations and actively contributes to the advancement of Edge AI. She holds an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Electricité et de Mécanique (ENSEM), thirteen US patents and fourteen pending patents.

Dr. Adil Benyassine

VP, Technology

With extensive experience in algorithm and product development in different areas of audio technologies such as speech coding and compression, audio signal classification, network and acoustic echo cancellation, speech enhancement, machine and deep learning. Dr. Adil Benyassine has over 25 years of experience in audio & wireless signal processing algorithms. He held senior level engineering positions at Intel, Mindspeed and Conexant. He received his B.S. from The University of Texas at Austin, M.S. from San Diego State and earned his PH.D from New Jersey Institute of Technology, all in electrical engineering. Dr. Benyassine is named as inventor/co-inventor in more than 30 issued patents.

Daniel Schoch

VP Engineering

Skilled in algorithm and RTL engineering, EDA, Physical Design, Microprocessors, and Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC). Daniel Schoch has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor business. Daniel is also the key architect and developer of iC-Haus product solutions. Prior to AONDevices and iC-Haus, Daniel was founder and co-owner of Tekwiss USA and ncoder AG. He also held engineering positions at Broadcom and Mindspeed.