When was Silk Labs founded?

Silk Labs was founded in 2015 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Silk Labs located?

Silk Labs is headquartered in San Mateo, United States.

How many employees does Silk Labs have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Silk Labs is 2.

Is Silk Labs a funded company?

Silk Labs is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Nov 05, 2015.

When was the latest funding round of Silk Labs?

Silk Labs' latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Nov 05, 2015, with participation from 4 investors.

Where does Silk Labs rank among its competitors?

Silk Labs ranks 41st amongst 195 active competitors, of which 35 are funded. It stands 9th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Kotoba Technologies, which secured $10M in Jun, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Silk Labs?

Silk Labs' top competitors include SoundHound, Sanas and AssemblyAI. Among them, Kotoba Technologies secured the most recent funding round in June, 2026.

Silk Labs - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Silk Labs provides an on-device deep learning platform for real-time visual and audio recognition. The platform is built on deep neural network technology which includes pre-trained models to improve the business performance. Its platform includes a full device stack, app SDK, & cloud services as well as integrates seamlessly with mobile chipsets. It has use cases in security & surveillance, retail analytics, advertisement analytics, and other applications

Website: silklabs.com
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2015

Location

San Mateo, United States

Stage

Acqui-Hired

Total Funding

$4M in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Nov 05, 2015, $*****

Investors

Harrison Metal & 5 more

Ranked

41^st among 195 active competitors

Employee Count

2 as on Jul 31, 2026

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Silk Labs is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Silk Labs, Inc. CIN: 473656617 , United States, Active	Nov 21, 2017	-	11 (As on Dec 31, 2017)	-

Silk Labs has raised a total funding of $4M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Nov 05, 2015 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Silk Labs has 6 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Silk Labs:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Nov 05, 2015	4150036	Seed	6916623	5905936	4780980	1441147

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The founders of Silk Labs is Michael Vines.

Here are the details of Silk Labs' key team members:

Michael Vines: Co-Founder of Silk Labs.

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Silk Labs' employee count trend

Silk Labs has 2 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Silk Labs's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Silk Labs include SoundHound, Sanas and AssemblyAI. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Silk Labs, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	SoundHound 2005, Santa Clara (United States), Public	Provider of cloud and AI-based sound recognition solutions for multiple applications	$191M	Walden Venture Capital, Nomura & 25 others	76/100
2nd	Sanas 2020, Palo Alto (United States), Series B	AI powered accent translation software	$121M	Human Capital, Insight Partners & 13 others	67/100
3rd	AssemblyAI 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Provider of speech to text solutions	$115M	Accel, Insight Partners & 10 others	67/100
4th	iFLYTEK 1999, Hefei (China), Public	Provider of AI-based speech and language interaction technology	-	Infotech Ventures, Legend Capital & 7 others	65/100
5th	Unisound 2012, Beijing (China), Public	Provider of AI-backed voice solutions for multiple industries	$302M	Qiming Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures ... & 15 others	64/100
6th	AudioEye 2005, Tucson (United States), Public	Platform offering cloud-based digital accessibility for businesses	$11.5M	Kaplan Group Investments	62/100
7th	Gladia 2022, Cesson Sevigne (France), Acquired	Provider of speech-to-text APIs for developers	$20.3M	New Wave, XAnge & 17 others	58/100
8th	Kotoba Technologies 2023, Chiyoda City (Japan), Seed	AI company building real-time speech-to-speech translation and ultra-low-latency speech models	$23M	Globis Capital Partners, Boostcapital & 4 others	58/100
9th	Q 2017, Ramat Gan (Israel), Acquired	Provider of AI for silent speech recognition and analysis of human facial expressions	-	Exor, Google Ventures & 1 others	52/100
10th	Palabra Ai 2023, London (United Kingdom), Seed	Provider of real-time AI speech translation for audio and video calls	$8.4M	Seven Seven Six, Creator Ventures & 5 others	50/100
41st	Silk Labs 2015, San Mateo (United States), Acqui-Hired	Provider of an on-device deep learning platform for real-time visual and audio recognition	$4M	Harrison Metal, 500 Global & 4 others	34/100