Kardome

18/06/2026

Everyone is racing to add LLMs to voice products, but here is the uncomfortable truth: voice AI fails not because the model isn't smart, but because it's "deaf" to the real world until triggered.

For OEMs, relying solely on cloud-based LLMs isn't just a latency issue; it's a cost and differentiation trap.

As Kardome CEO Dani Cherkassky argues in his latest piece in The AI Innovator, the future of voice AI isn't about the biggest model. It's about a smarter distribution of intelligence: on-device cognition that enables spatial awareness, continuous hearing, and immediate responses.

The winners in voice AI won't be the companies with the largest parameter, but those who deliver devices capable of human-like conversation that work in real-life environments: overcoming noise, handling interruptions, and navigating overlapping conversations.

Is your product roadmap prioritizing edge-first context, or are you still tethered to the cloud? Let us know in the comments below.

15/06/2026

Anyone can make voice AI look good in a demo.

The real question is: what happens when real life gets in the way? In the living room, it's rarely a quiet, controlled environment. TVs are loud, people talk over each other, and background noise is a constant.

This is why independent validation is the ultimate proof. It was great to see Scott Kramer from Forbes put Kardome’s Spatial Hearing AI to the test with OLED Evo AI TV.

For product teams, this is the only benchmark that matters: not how AI performs in a lab, but how it performs in the room. By bringing Spatial Hearing AI to the edge, Kardome enables devices to instantly locate, isolate, and hear the right person.

See how Kardome’s Spatial Hearing AI is enabling natural voice interaction in LG’s latest TVs:
🔗 https://hubs.ly/Q04ltk8N0

AI

11/06/2026

Why does voice AI still fail in a moving car or a busy kitchen? Our CEO Dani Cherkassky told Authority Magazine it's a physics problem, not an intelligence problem.

Most voice systems track a sound's direction of arrival. In real environments, sound reflects off every surface — so a single voice appears to come from hundreds of directions at once. Dani calls it a "hall of acoustic mirrors," and it's why systems that work in the demo collapse in the field.

Kardome's approach inverts the assumption: treat the reflection pattern as the signal, not the noise. Each voice creates a unique acoustic fingerprint in 3D space, enabling the system to isolate who is speaking, where, and what they mean, entirely on-device.

In the interview, Dani shares five principles for engineers and product leaders building the next generation of voice-first products, and why he believes robotics, not phones, is where spatial hearing will matter most.

09/06/2026

Proud to share that Kardome has won the In-Vehicle Experience Award at the AutoTech Awards 2026.

As the judges noted, our technology is an:
"Outstanding redefinition of voice as a primary, multi-passenger interface with best-in-class accuracy, on-device intelligence, and clear OEM validation."

This recognition reflects our mission to bring true contextual intelligence to voice AI, enabling vehicles to understand who is speaking, where they're seated, and what they mean, even in challenging real-world environments.

A huge thank you to our team, partners, and customers who made this possible.

04/06/2026

Cloud-dependent LLMs are too slow and too costly to be the primary interface for voice-led devices. The result? Voice AI has never truly delivered on its promise.

What’s been missing is the on-device cognitive layer that understands your environment in real time, locally and privately, and knows when to wake the cloud LLM for the rest.

Kardome CEO Dani Cherkassky is at InnoVEX today only. Come see how we built it — Booth S0905, TaiNEX 2.

COMPUTEX

03/06/2026

Tonight in Detroit, Kardome was named a 2026 AutoTech & Wards 10 Best winner for In-Vehicle Experience. 🏆

This is what we’ve been building toward: voice AI that hears every occupant, from every seat, understands the full context of what they mean, and works reliably in real-world driving conditions. No cloud dependency. No hardware complexity. No compromises.

The AutoTech & Wards judges just agreed.
This is just the beginning.

Thank you to the AutoTech by Informa team for this incredible recognition. 🙏

AutoTech Events WardsAuto Informa Connect

28/05/2026

“Users won’t pay for things that frustrate them.”
That's the core challenge with AI features in automotive and consumer devices today. Too many voice assistants are still slow, cloud-dependent, context-blind, and disconnected from the way people naturally communicate. When the experience feels frustrating, adoption drops, and monetization becomes impossible.

The answer is a hybrid AI architecture:
• On-device AI for fast, seamless everyday interactions
• Cloud intelligence reserved for deep reasoning and complex tasks

This approach not only reduces cost, but it creates the kind of seamless user experience people actually value and are willing to pay for.

Great to see Dani Cherkassky quoted on this in following the SBD Automotive webinar.

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27/05/2026

Kardome is showcasing groundbreaking Spatial Hearing AI and Cognition AI at COMPUTEX InnoVEX 2026 in Taipei.

Our technology empowers voice-enabled devices to accurately localize, identify, and understand user intent within context, even in the most challenging environments.
Trusted by leading OEMs, Kardome delivers seamless, private, and frustration-free voice interactions for next-generation consumer electronics.

Connect with us at the מכון היצוא - Israel Export Institute pavilion to experience the future of voice AI.

📍Meet our CEO Dani Cherkassky at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center |TaiNEX 2 | Booth S0905

Book a time here: https://hubs.ly/Q04hYVN30

19/05/2026

We are thrilled to share that Kardome's Spatial Hearing AI is now commercially deployed in LG OLED TVs worldwide.
By bringing spatial awareness to TVs, Kardome and LG are providing human-like, frustration-free voice UI in complex real-world home environments.

Congrats to the amazing teams at Kardome and LG Electronics! 👏

Read more here: https://hubs.ly/Q04h7X8Y0

Kardome establishes a major presence in consumer electronics with LG TVs powered by Kardome’s Spatial Hearing AI

13/05/2026

Most OEM voice assistants have become "Zombie" features: capability without trust, cost without revenue.

Drivers already showed us the verdict. They route navigation through Siri and Google Assistant — not the native head unit.

The latest issue of Kardome's Voice Tech Newsletter is out.

Inside:
→ Why cloud-first LLMs are the wrong architecture for in-car voice — and what the path forward looks like
→ Three signals worth tracking: edge AI, agentic shifts, and subscription economics
→ Where to find Kardome at InnoVEX in Taipei (June 2–5)

Read the full issue →https://hubs.ly/Q04gwhYD0