Cerence Inc

Cerence builds conversational and agentic AI solutions that make interaction with technology feel effortless. With decades of expertise in voice, AI, and edge-to-cloud engineering, we’re trusted by many of the world’s leading automakers, transportation OEMs, consumer brands, and technology companies to build voice powered-interfaces that shape the user experiences of today and tomorrow. While the majority of our business is in the automotive market, our solutions can be leveraged across other areas of transportation - two-wheeled vehicles, trucks, and more - as well as outside of automotive - televisions, smart watches, voice-powered kiosks, and more.

Our automotive customers include nearly all major automobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and other brands), Stellantis, Renault, Toyota, Ford, General Motors, BYD, Great Wall Motor, and NIO. We also partner with leading tier-one suppliers including HARMAN, EcarX, Bosch, Continental, Denso Ten, Aptiv, and others. We deliver our solutions on a white-label basis, enabling our customers to deliver highly customized virtual assistants with unique, branded personalities that strengthen the bond between their brands and end users.

Fast-moving technological advancements and increasing user engagement and comfort with large language models are driving automakers to examine how they can quickly and cost-effectively bring expanded AI features into their cars. To meet the increasing demand for automotive cognitive assistance and to offer differentiated in-car experiences, OEMs and suppliers are building proprietary virtual assistants into their vehicles. We believe that this trend will continue and that consumer adoption of in-car AI will continue to grow.

Cerence is a market leader for building integrated, branded and differentiated virtual assistants for automobiles, offering an extensive solutions portfolio that includes conversational & generative AI as well as audio & communications AI. Our conversational and generative AI solutions include a full-stack generative AI-based voice assistant, including voice activation, natural voice input and output, and hybrid conversational services for automotive and general-purpose tasks. Our audio and communications AI solutions include best-in-class audio applications, enhancing in-car experiences by reducing environmental noise and enabling seamless interaction with vehicles, inside and out. Our solutions are comprised of both edge computing and cloud-connected software components and a software framework linking these components together under a common programming interface. We deploy these solutions in deep partnership with OEMs and suppliers to optimize our software for the requirements, configurations and acoustic characteristics of specific vehicle models.