LiRA was featured on Innovate Carolina’s page with an article which delves into LiRA’s history and exciting future. Artificial intelligence company LiRA, a startup with student roots at UNC-Chapel Hill, is making a rapid push on the next phase of its technology development. The venture is crowdsourcing selfie-style videos to train its lip-reading technology, which

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LiRA was named the Best AI startup at the TriVent pitch competition. Read more here.

LiRA is featured on NC tech news website, WRAL, about the call for volunteers to join LipTrain (www.liraglobal.com/liptrain), a platform where anyone can contribute selfie videos to help teach LiRA’s algorithm about lipreading. Read more here.

LiRA is one of the top 10 finalists for the 2021 Baylor New Venture Competition. Read more here.

June 25, 2020 “The LiRA Team is using innovation to solve challenges in healthcare — specifically restoring voice and a higher quality of life to aphonic patients. After people lose their ability to speak, methods like writing notes are slow and often frustrating. LiRA’s solution is the development of lip reading technology that tracks and

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“After receiving more than 1,400 applications for the COVID-19 Student Action Fund, CGI U is pleased to announce the 38 recipients of this award, representing 12 countries and 29 institutions of higher learning.” Read more here.

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Interview with founders Nga Thi Thanh Nguyen, Alison Marie Schaefer, Andres Tello, Andrew Prince and Dina Nailevna Yamaleyeva Read the article here.