Speaker Startup Ideas

8 months ago

A text-to-speech app that translates text into any language, then sends the audio to a bank of speakers with deep learning built into the app.

467

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a “smart” conference room intercom system, in which conference room intercom speakers can be upgraded to allow different types of speakers, including video.

208

2 years ago

An online video platform for conference speakers to share their expertise.

187

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to stream music from their smartphone to any bluetooth speaker

152

2 years ago

A startup that’s developing a tool for non-English speakers to translate their documents into a format that can be read by a machine.

137

2 years ago

A voice-activated, speaker-free assistant for your smart home

133

2 years ago

A company that lets you watch TV on your phone, using a smart speaker.

130

2 years ago

A startup that helps users build “smart” homes using the Amazon Echo smart speaker.

130

2 years ago

"Idea 2.0 is a tool for entrepreneurs to help them learn about new technologies in the market and network together. It’s the Uber of technology conferences. The conference is in its second year and has had over 1,000 attendees and 300+ speakers from 45 countries. The conference’s format is based on the model of Airbnb, where the host gets to pick the guests. The guest list is highly curated and the speakers are handpicked by the company’s CEO. The conference has been very well received by attendees and has been named a Top 10 conference in the US in 2018.

129

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a standalone smart lock with a built-in camera, motion sensor, and speaker. It’s similar to an August smart lock, but they don’t yet have a product, but they’re looking for $1 million to build it.

125

2 years ago

This startup is building an automatic speaker that turns an existing home stereo into a smart speaker, with the idea that many people have a smart speaker for their home, but not a home stereo to hook into it.

124

2 years ago

An iOS app and web-based service that helps people find the best deals on headphones, portable speakers, and more.

123

2 years ago

A startup that helps people who are non-native English speakers navigate the US immigration system. The startup is based in San Francisco and is hiring.

122

2 years ago

A virtual assistant that can respond to people in over 70 languages, and who can also be integrated into the Amazon Echo and Google Home products. The team is also developing a smart speaker that can take in natural language input and respond with a preset answer.

116

2 years ago

A startup that connects users who want to learn Spanish with native speakers. They have over 25,000 users.

116

2 years ago

A software/hardware company that builds AI-powered IoT devices like TVs and speakers.

115

2 years ago

A speaker that allows you set up a conference call, share a screen, and use it like a conference room.

107

2 years ago

“A cross-platform software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to easily use and build applications for the Amazon Echo smart speaker.”

104

2 years ago

A tool for keeping track of and improving the quality of speaker trainings and events.

102

2 years ago

Ex-Google engineers are building a new living room device they call the “Echo” that’s essentially a giant voice-controlled speaker. The device is a stripped-down, Google-made version of the Google Home, and can be controlled by voice, music, and TV apps. It’s set to launch in November.

102

2 years ago

Ideas is organized by YC staff and features the companies that have been accepted into the program. Past speakers include the founders of Airbnb, Stripe, and Reddit.

99

2 years ago

A tool for hiring people who are native Spanish speakers.

99

2 years ago

A tool to help users learn English, enabling them to follow along on a video while a native speaker reads the text.

97

2 years ago

A phone app for sending automated text messages to people who are at an event. Great when a speaker gives an update to a crowd and they are lost for a moment, and also great for sending reminders about things like a doctor’s appointment.

97

1 year ago

A digital voice assistant, or digital assistant, that can be used by anyone to enter tasks, appointments and a slew of other information. A digital assistant is a common consumer feature on many of the most popular smart speakers today.

96

2 years ago

More than just a conference app, this startup promises to make it easy for attendees to look for and share information about speakers, panels, and the like.

95

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps you learn new languages by speaking to a native speaker over video.

90

4 months ago

A text-based interface for non-English speakers on Slack.

90

2 years ago

A social networking platform to help English learners learn English, and for native speakers to learn Spanish.

88

1 year ago

A $40 Bluetooth Smart speaker. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from Play Ventures.

84

2 years ago

A tool that helps with all aspects of booking training and events. It helps you find venues, speakers, and attendees, and generates an end-to-end proposal for pricing and payment.

82

2 years ago

Pint is a voice-controlled home assistant meant to help users keep track of things like what’s in the fridge and the weather. The startup aims to have a voice assistant that can understand what you mean and act on your behalf, with a smart speaker also available.

78

1 year ago

A “smart” speaker that works like a smart home appliance, but which can also control your smart home appliances (like your lights and thermostat). It can work with a variety of IoT devices, and the founders say it will be in the market in the next 12 months.

75

1 year ago

A student who wants to learn a new language can have his or her native speaker record a video of the learner speaking with their lips moving.

75

1 year ago

This startup is building an app that allows speakers and presenters to publish and sell their presentations offline — and to do so on their own terms.

73

1 year ago

A platform that helps the 500,000 companies around the world with their live events. It helps them find, book and pay for speaking engagements, build an event calendar, and create a speaker’s profile for their attendees.

70

1 year ago

First Names Only is a startup that connects people who want to learn a foreign language with native speakers of the language they want to learn.

66

1 year ago

This startup is building a new type of monitor that can be worn while exercising or working out to help you see the world in 3D. The company says the technology is like a Google Glass or Oculus Rift, but is made out of plastic and has a lightweight frame. It also comes with a built-in Bluetooth speaker.

66

1 year ago

This is a way for people to show up at an event (like a conference) and automatically get access to the speaker’s slides and notes.

59

2 years ago

Idea: This is a startup that makes a “smart” doorbell. It has a camera, a microphone, and a speaker. Users can talk to delivery and service providers through the doorbell, and the device can be used to monitor and intervene in domestic abuse cases.

57

11 months ago

A startup that helps AI-powered personal assistants and smart speakers understand the spoken words and phrases of their users, and then build answers in response, rather than just answer questions.

55

3 months ago

A “smart” mic launched in September 2019 that can wirelessly connect to a phone and act as a speakerphone or a speaker. The device is meant to improve call quality and reduce missed calls.

53

1 year ago

This startup is building a smart-home security system that can be controlled with a mobile app, or with a smart speaker like the Amazon Echo.

51

1 year ago

This is a marketplace for conference speakers. They say they’re the first place people go to find speakers, and that they’ve built a platform that helps organizers get the most out of their conferences.

49

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make a “smart” speaker that can be “activated” via your smartphone. It’s a new category for Amazon that is beginning to compete with Google Home.

48

2 months ago

A conference series, which has featured an all-female speaker lineup, and a $15 fee.

48

1 year ago

A company that makes it easier for people to learn new languages. The startup aims to allow users to learn on demand via a program that allows people to listen to native speakers of the language.

46

2 months ago

A tool that helps non-native speakers build their own websites and apps.

41

9 months ago

A product that turns watches into speakers.

40

1 year ago

A platform for the visually impaired. The app translates text into an audio reading of that text, with the readout played on a phone’s loudspeaker. While the smartphone app is free to download, the smartphone’s loudspeaker is not.

39

9 months ago

The startup is building a product that helps users experience their music in a way that’s more similar to how music is experienced in real life. It’s a 360-degree surround sound speaker for headphones that connects to a phone via Bluetooth.

39

7 months ago

A tool for planning and coordinating a conference, conference call, or meeting. It allows you to invite attendees to the event, schedule times for the event, and manage speaker and panelists.

39

11 months ago

A company that provides a tool to make it easier for non-native English speakers to learn English by using one’s own voice to record lessons.

38

2 months ago

A digital video recorder that records only the audio from TV shows and movies. The device features a rotating disc with a microphone on top and a speaker on the bottom. It connects to the HDMI port on a TV.

36

5 months ago

This app is a version of the book “The Elements of Style” for English speakers. It’s a reference tool for English grammar, punctuation, and usage.

27

1 month ago

A platform for professional speakers, who are often paid a percentage of the total speaker fees, to raise money to fund their travel expenses.

27

5 months ago

A high-end, low-cost version of Amazon's Echo. The startup wants to offer a smart speaker that connects to the internet in order to answer questions, play music and offer information.

24

1 month ago

A virtual assistant for the Amazon Echo that enables the smart speaker to control Samsung Smart TVs via the SmartThings hub.

23

1 month ago

An Arabic-language startup that’s attempting to build a crowdsourced translation app for Arabic speakers that translates Arabic texts and translates them into English.

21

27 days ago

A fitness wearable that tracks heart rate and movement, with a built-in speaker that allows users to listen to music or podcasts.

21

19 days ago

A startup that builds and sells speakers based on your phone’s specs, predicting how loud the sound will be.

16

2 days ago

A company that makes smart pens that can record everything you write and draw. The pen is an integrated camera, microphone, and speaker. A company press release described it as “the world’s first smart pen that enables you to capture the world around you.”

11

2 years ago

Idea: A video platform for language learners to have a dialogue with a native speaker

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2 years ago

Idea: A startup that enables people to automatically record the music they listen to on their phones and stream it to a connected speaker

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Speaker Startup Ideas

A text-to-speech app that translates text into any language, then sends the audio to a bank of speakers with deep learning built into the app.

A startup that’s building a “smart” conference room intercom system, in which conference room intercom speakers can be upgraded to allow different types of speakers, including video.

An online video platform for conference speakers to share their expertise.

A startup that allows users to stream music from their smartphone to any bluetooth speaker

A startup that’s developing a tool for non-English speakers to translate their documents into a format that can be read by a machine.

A voice-activated, speaker-free assistant for your smart home

A company that lets you watch TV on your phone, using a smart speaker.

A startup that helps users build “smart” homes using the Amazon Echo smart speaker.

A startup that’s building a standalone smart lock with a built-in camera, motion sensor, and speaker. It’s similar to an August smart lock, but they don’t yet have a product, but they’re looking for $1 million to build it.

This startup is building an automatic speaker that turns an existing home stereo into a smart speaker, with the idea that many people have a smart speaker for their home, but not a home stereo to hook into it.

An iOS app and web-based service that helps people find the best deals on headphones, portable speakers, and more.

A startup that helps people who are non-native English speakers navigate the US immigration system. The startup is based in San Francisco and is hiring.

A virtual assistant that can respond to people in over 70 languages, and who can also be integrated into the Amazon Echo and Google Home products. The team is also developing a smart speaker that can take in natural language input and respond with a preset answer.

A startup that connects users who want to learn Spanish with native speakers. They have over 25,000 users.

A software/hardware company that builds AI-powered IoT devices like TVs and speakers.

A speaker that allows you set up a conference call, share a screen, and use it like a conference room.

“A cross-platform software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to easily use and build applications for the Amazon Echo smart speaker.”

A tool for keeping track of and improving the quality of speaker trainings and events.

Ex-Google engineers are building a new living room device they call the “Echo” that’s essentially a giant voice-controlled speaker. The device is a stripped-down, Google-made version of the Google Home, and can be controlled by voice, music, and TV apps. It’s set to launch in November.

Ideas is organized by YC staff and features the companies that have been accepted into the program. Past speakers include the founders of Airbnb, Stripe, and Reddit.

A tool for hiring people who are native Spanish speakers.

A tool to help users learn English, enabling them to follow along on a video while a native speaker reads the text.

A phone app for sending automated text messages to people who are at an event. Great when a speaker gives an update to a crowd and they are lost for a moment, and also great for sending reminders about things like a doctor’s appointment.

A digital voice assistant, or digital assistant, that can be used by anyone to enter tasks, appointments and a slew of other information. A digital assistant is a common consumer feature on many of the most popular smart speakers today.

More than just a conference app, this startup promises to make it easy for attendees to look for and share information about speakers, panels, and the like.

A mobile app that helps you learn new languages by speaking to a native speaker over video.

A text-based interface for non-English speakers on Slack.

A social networking platform to help English learners learn English, and for native speakers to learn Spanish.

A $40 Bluetooth Smart speaker. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from Play Ventures.

A tool that helps with all aspects of booking training and events. It helps you find venues, speakers, and attendees, and generates an end-to-end proposal for pricing and payment.

Pint is a voice-controlled home assistant meant to help users keep track of things like what’s in the fridge and the weather. The startup aims to have a voice assistant that can understand what you mean and act on your behalf, with a smart speaker also available.

A “smart” speaker that works like a smart home appliance, but which can also control your smart home appliances (like your lights and thermostat). It can work with a variety of IoT devices, and the founders say it will be in the market in the next 12 months.

A student who wants to learn a new language can have his or her native speaker record a video of the learner speaking with their lips moving.

This startup is building an app that allows speakers and presenters to publish and sell their presentations offline — and to do so on their own terms.

A platform that helps the 500,000 companies around the world with their live events. It helps them find, book and pay for speaking engagements, build an event calendar, and create a speaker’s profile for their attendees.

First Names Only is a startup that connects people who want to learn a foreign language with native speakers of the language they want to learn.

This is a way for people to show up at an event (like a conference) and automatically get access to the speaker’s slides and notes.

Idea: This is a startup that makes a “smart” doorbell. It has a camera, a microphone, and a speaker. Users can talk to delivery and service providers through the doorbell, and the device can be used to monitor and intervene in domestic abuse cases.

A startup that helps AI-powered personal assistants and smart speakers understand the spoken words and phrases of their users, and then build answers in response, rather than just answer questions.

A “smart” mic launched in September 2019 that can wirelessly connect to a phone and act as a speakerphone or a speaker. The device is meant to improve call quality and reduce missed calls.

This startup is building a smart-home security system that can be controlled with a mobile app, or with a smart speaker like the Amazon Echo.

This is a marketplace for conference speakers. They say they’re the first place people go to find speakers, and that they’ve built a platform that helps organizers get the most out of their conferences.

A startup that wants to make a “smart” speaker that can be “activated” via your smartphone. It’s a new category for Amazon that is beginning to compete with Google Home.

A conference series, which has featured an all-female speaker lineup, and a $15 fee.

A company that makes it easier for people to learn new languages. The startup aims to allow users to learn on demand via a program that allows people to listen to native speakers of the language.

A tool that helps non-native speakers build their own websites and apps.

A product that turns watches into speakers.

A platform for the visually impaired. The app translates text into an audio reading of that text, with the readout played on a phone’s loudspeaker. While the smartphone app is free to download, the smartphone’s loudspeaker is not.

The startup is building a product that helps users experience their music in a way that’s more similar to how music is experienced in real life. It’s a 360-degree surround sound speaker for headphones that connects to a phone via Bluetooth.

A tool for planning and coordinating a conference, conference call, or meeting. It allows you to invite attendees to the event, schedule times for the event, and manage speaker and panelists.

A company that provides a tool to make it easier for non-native English speakers to learn English by using one’s own voice to record lessons.

A digital video recorder that records only the audio from TV shows and movies. The device features a rotating disc with a microphone on top and a speaker on the bottom. It connects to the HDMI port on a TV.

This app is a version of the book “The Elements of Style” for English speakers. It’s a reference tool for English grammar, punctuation, and usage.

A platform for professional speakers, who are often paid a percentage of the total speaker fees, to raise money to fund their travel expenses.

A high-end, low-cost version of Amazon's Echo. The startup wants to offer a smart speaker that connects to the internet in order to answer questions, play music and offer information.

A virtual assistant for the Amazon Echo that enables the smart speaker to control Samsung Smart TVs via the SmartThings hub.

An Arabic-language startup that’s attempting to build a crowdsourced translation app for Arabic speakers that translates Arabic texts and translates them into English.

A fitness wearable that tracks heart rate and movement, with a built-in speaker that allows users to listen to music or podcasts.

A startup that builds and sells speakers based on your phone’s specs, predicting how loud the sound will be.

A company that makes smart pens that can record everything you write and draw. The pen is an integrated camera, microphone, and speaker. A company press release described it as “the world’s first smart pen that enables you to capture the world around you.”

Idea: A video platform for language learners to have a dialogue with a native speaker

Idea: A startup that enables people to automatically record the music they listen to on their phones and stream it to a connected speaker