Overview
Syntiant was founded in Irvine in 2017 by CEO Kurt Busch. It designs low-power chips that run neural networks on the device itself, for tasks like wake words and sensor processing. Buying Knowles’ consumer MEMS microphone business made it far larger, and SiSonic microphones now bring in most of its revenue. In 2026 Syntiant filed with the SEC to list on Nasdaq under the ticker SYTN. As of this writing, the IPO has not been priced.
The Irvine headquarters covers about 17,000 square feet of office, R&D, and test space. It hires chip designers, machine learning and embedded software engineers, and applications engineers.
Notable products
Working here
- Irvine office
- 7555 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92618
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- Irvine Spectrum
- Company size
- 501–5,000 employees1,471 employees as of March 31, 2026, about 1,200 of them in manufacturing in China and Malaysia, per its S-1 filing.
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