Sentient
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Sentient is an AI solutions provider offering enterprise services including automatic speech recognition for Asian languages.
Also known as Sentient.io
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$85M disclosed across 1 round · 2024
- $85Mseed roundJul 2024 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Sentient (sentient.io) provides artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enterprise users. Its publicly showcased capability is automatic speech recognition (ASR) tuned for Asian languages, including Singlish, alongside translation of recognised speech into languages such as Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and Bahasa Indonesia. The company demonstrates its ASR engine against generic ASR alternatives using colloquial Singaporean speech samples.
The company presents work with organisations including Daido Steel, IHI, Mediacorp and Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific.
Traction
The company lists Daido Steel, IHI, Mediacorp and Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific among the organisations associated with it.
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Technology
The company's demonstrated technology centres on automatic speech recognition optimised for Asian languages and colloquial speech such as Singlish, paired with machine translation of transcribed output into Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and Bahasa Indonesia.
Go-to-market
Enterprises, including industrial, trading and media organisations such as Daido Steel, IHI, Mediacorp and Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific.
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primary sources listed
- Sentientsentient.io · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Sentient do?
- Sentient is an AI solutions provider offering enterprise services including automatic speech recognition for Asian languages.
- Who founded Sentient?
- Sentient was founded by Christopher Yeo.
- Who are Sentient's investors?
- Sentient's investors include DG Daiwa Ventures, DG Ventures, Inc., Primitive Ventures, UntroD Capital, Arrington Capital, Canonical Crypto, Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd., Foresight Canada and 9 more.
- How much funding has Sentient raised?
- Sentient has disclosed $85M raised across 1 round.







