Automobiles that Sense, Understand and Respond in Real Time
Physical AI gives vehicles the ability to understand the physical world through audio, vision and vibration. It enables vehicles to respond at the point of sensing, with intelligence that operates in real time. The future of automotive AI is not a bigger computer. It is a distributed network of intelligent sensors.
Syntiant brings intelligence directly to the sensors capturing the physical world, processing multimodal audio, vision and motion data at the edge. Our NDPs, sensors and models can power the Physical AI architecture needed for complete contextual awareness across cabin monitoring, driver assistance, vehicle security and other real-time automotive applications.
Syntiant’s Automotive AI Platform
Explore the sensors, processors and AI software that enable always-on intelligence in and outside the vehicle.
SiSonic™ MEMS
Engineered to strict AEC-Q103-003 automotive standards, the SiSonic microphones capture high-fidelity audio and provide the data required for voice interfaces, noise cancellation & critical event detection.
V2S™ Sensors
Syntiant V2S are compact, highSNR, and widebandwidth sensors that provide the essential structural data required to power advanced vibration monitoring, acoustic awareness, and predictive vehicle maintenance.
NDPs
Purpose-built for always-on inference, our Neural Decision Processors™ enable multimodal AI at ultra-low power. The AEC-Q100 Grade 3- qualified NDP120 shifts intelligent processing directly to the sensor edge.
AI Models
Syntiant's optimized machine learning models turn sensor data into realtime intelligence, from recognizing voice commands and detecting occupants to identifying acoustic events and interpreting vibration patterns.
Physical AI in Action
Vehicles rely on continuous streams of audio, visual, and vibrational data. Physical AI processes these signals directly at the sensor, enabling faster decision-making, always-on intelligence, and greater privacy.
Driver & Occupant Monitoring
Driver monitoring • Occupant detection • Child presence detection • Attention
In-Cabin Voice AI
Wake words • Voice commands • Speech recognition • Speaker identification
Vision & Driver Assistance
Dash cams • Object detection • Blind-spot assistance • Road awareness
Event Detection
Emergency vehicle • Siren detection • Tire event • Glass break • Tailgating alerts
Vehicle Energy Management
Battery management • State of charge estimation • Thermal monitoring
Vehicle Security & Health
Motion & intrusion detection • Perimeter & state of health monitoring • Predictive maintenance
Already Building the Next Generation of Intelligent Vehicles
To deploy Physical Intelligence at scale, Syntiant provides purpose-built solutions that give OEMs a proven, production-ready foundation to bring AI features to market faster.
100M+ NDPs and ML models deployed
20B+ MEMS sensors shipped
AEC-Q100 Grade 3 NDP120 option
Meeting Next-Gen Automotive Requirements
As automotive safety requirements and data privacy standards evolve, automakers need intelligence that can operate reliably at the edge. Syntiant enables localized intelligence for critical automotive features, processing data directly on-device while operating within demanding power budgets.
Helping Autonomous Vehicles Meet California AB 1777
Beginning July 1, 2026, California AB 1777 requires driverless autonomous vehicles to provide two-way voice communication between emergency responders and remote human operators. For developers, that creates a new challenge: reliably capturing a responder’s voice outside the vehicle in rain, wind, traffic road noise and other demanding real-world conditions.
Hearing Outside the Vehicle
Syntiant’s V2S Automotive Vibration Sensor offers a fundamentally different approach to external voice pickup by turning the vehicle’s body itself into a microphone. Combined with Syntiant NDPs and AI models, Syntiant’s V2S delivers robust exterior sound capture to help build reliable two-way voice interfaces that support AB 1777.
Environmentally Robust: With no exposed acoustic port, the sensor is immune to water, dust, snow, and car-wash spray.
Advanced Acoustic Detection: Reliably hears and interprets outside sounds, including emergency vehicle sirens and people talking.
Security that Never Turns Off
Vehicle security requires continuous monitoring to listen for breaking glass and watch for threats, especially when a car is parked for multiple hours. But because traditional AI systems consume watts of power, leaving them on 24/7 simply isn’t an option for most vehicles.
Syntiant completely rewrites this equation. With ultra-low power Neural Decision Processors and AI models purpose-built for the physical world, we deliver always-on AI using milliwatts. Always listening. Always watching. Zero power anxiety. Because Physical AI doesn’t require a bigger battery; it requires a better architecture to protect every fleet—enabling always-on security for gas vehicles running on a 12V battery, and eliminating vampire drain in EVs to protect driving range.
How Physical AI Is Transforming Real-World Applications
Evolving everyday devices and machines into distributed AI platforms requires a fundamentally new approach to processing. Syntiant delivers the core architectural advantages essential for next-generation product design.
Always-on
Continuously monitor important events within demanding power budgets.
Real-time
Detect and respond to critical events with very-low latency.
Private
Process all sensitive audio and visual data on-device.
Efficient
Add intelligence without proportionally increasing power or system complexity.
Multimodal
Combine audio, vision, motion and other sensor inputs for richer understanding.