Hiya

Hiya builds AI voice technology to analyze calls and shield users and businesses from spam, scams and fraud. Founded in 2016 as a spin-off from Whitepages, the company works across voice security, call trust, spam and scam detection, fraud detection, adaptive AI, large-scale data network analytics and caller identity verification. Its Voice Intelligence Platform draws on what it describes as the industry's largest global data network and analyzes more than 28 billion calls a month, protecting upwards of 550 million users worldwide.

The product line spans consumers and enterprises. Hiya AI Phone and Spam Blocker provide mobile call protection, while network-level spam protection and fraud detection is aimed at telecom carriers. Branded Call, a SaaS platform for enterprises, displays verified caller information - company names, logos and call reasons - on outbound calls; Hiya notes that 80% of unidentified calls go unanswered, which the product is designed to address.

Hiya employs more than 150 people across offices in Seattle, London and Budapest, and describes its mission as modernizing voice communication with intelligence for security and productivity. Its work sits at the intersection of telecommunications, consumer mobile apps, enterprise communications and voice/telephony security.