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Affectiva

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Rana el Kaliouby

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Mission Affectiva, now part of the Smart Eye group, is on a mission to humanize technology, bridging the gap between humans and machines. Founded by visionary scientists Dr. Rana el Kaliouby and Dr. Rosalind Picard, Affectiva spun out of the MIT Media Lab in 2009. Affectiva created and defined the new technology category of Emotion AI, and evangelized its many uses across industries.

In 2021, Smart Eye acquired Affectiva. We merged our companies to create a transatlantic AI juggernaut that will lead and accelerate the growth and development of the rapidly evolving automotive Interior Sensing market, as well as the Media Analytics and Research markets.
Description Affectiva, A Smart Eye AB company is on a mission to humanize technology. We envision a world where technology understands us the way we understand one another, and we’re ready for you to join our team!

Affectiva created and defined the Emotion AI category after spinning out of the MIT Media Lab in 2009. In the Media Analytics space, we provide brands, advertisers, and market researchers the opportunity to optimize ad content and media spend by measuring consumer emotional responses to videos, ads, and TV shows – unobtrusively and at scale. Our technology is fueled using one of the world’s largest emotion database of 5+ billion frames captured from 9+ million faces in 87 countries.

Having evolved beyond emotion detection, Affectiva is the pioneer of Affectiva Automotive AI: software that can detect nuanced human emotions, complex cognitive states, activities, interactions, and objects people use. Built on deep learning, computer vision, speech science, and massive amounts of real-world data, Affectiva’s in-cabin sending solutions enables leading automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, ridesharing providers and fleet management companies to build intelligent vehicles that can perceive what is happening with the people inside of them. The advancements that Affectiva is making within the tech and automotive space can only be made possible by having a forward-thinking, innovative, and collaborative team, that realizes our end goal is bigger than any one of us.

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