Neuron Soundware and the EIC Accelerator: AI That Hears Faults
Neuron Soundware sells AI that listens to machines to catch failures before they happen. The Prague company, registered in 2019, fits acoustic and vibration sensors to equipment such as pumps, industrial robots and wind turbines and analyses the recordings to detect failures early, according to its EIC project, which aimed at "99.6% accuracy" in detecting faults.
The European Innovation Council granted €2,500,000 towards a €3.7 million project from February 2023 to December 2025. In October 2023 the company announced CZK 160 million, about €7 million, in support from EU programmes and the Czech technology agency TAČR, including EIC blended finance of grants and equity. The latest CORDIS report, to January 2025, says the company doubled its sales force, added a module that reduces the data needed for custom AI models, and now holds "one billion recordings". It does not report whether the accuracy target was met. The last revenue Neuron Soundware published was CZK 9.5 million for 2021.
Company file
- Legal entity
- NeuronSW SE, IČO 07967373, Prague
- Registered
- 7 March 2019
- Founder and board chair
- Pavel Konečný
- Products
- nGuard platform, nEdge sensor units
- Investors
- Include J&T Ventures and the EIC
- EIC project
- 1 Feb 2023 to 31 Dec 2025
- EIC funding
- Blended finance: grant plus equity
Where Neuron Soundware Stands Now
In August 2026 the company published a case study in which it fitted 28 inverter blocks at a Repsol solar park in central Spain in one night-time outage. Its news also covers a grid-protection partnership with Advanced Microturbines, a top-three finish in a Hannover Messe innovation challenge in 2026 and demonstrations on CNC machines with Ceratizit. Its 2024 accounts were filed with the Prague commercial register in 2025 but their figures are not published on the company's site.
The record
Listening to machines, with EU and Czech money
Neuron Soundware's EIC project added automation to its acoustic AI platform. The company announces pilots and case studies but has published no revenue since 2022.
- Mar 2019Company registeredNeuronSW SE, Prague
- Jun 2022EIC Accelerator cut-offAcoustic AI for early machine failure detectionblended finance
- Feb 2023EIC project startsNearly three years€2.50M grant
- Oct 2023Funding announcedEIC blended finance and Czech TAČR supportCZK 160M
- Jan 2025Second report period endsSales force doubled; one billion recordings
- Dec 2025EIC project endsNo final report published yet
- Aug 2026Repsol case study28 inverter blocks at a Spanish solar park
Neuron Soundware, CORDIS and Kurzy.cz.
"For us, contracts are crucial now, some of which are worth tens to hundreds of millions of Czech crowns."
Pavel Trojánek, VP business and marketing, Neuron Soundware, October 2023The Technology: A Stethoscope for Machines
The system records sound and vibration at the machine, runs AI at the edge and sends results to a cloud dashboard. The EIC project automated the building of anomaly detection models, introducing "semi-automated procedures for creating AI models" so that each new customer machine needs less manual work. In 2023 the company said it was developing a new edge unit with AI accelerator chips.
The last disclosed revenue
Revenue the company last disclosed
CZK millions, as stated by the company in its 2023 funding announcement. The 2022 bar is its full-year goal, not a result. No later revenue has been published.
Neuron Soundware, October 2023.
What the EIC Project Promised, and What CORDIS Shows
The EIC project
The EU paid 68% of a €3.7M project
The project ran from February 2023 to December 2025. CORDIS still lists it as signed.
CORDIS project 190167814. Values in € millions.
The project promised a highly accurate, easy-to-deploy diagnostic platform for industry. The reports show platform features, automation and a larger sales team. They give no accuracy figures, customer numbers or sales. The project ended in December 2025; no final report is on CORDIS yet, and it is still listed as signed.
- Automated model buildingDeliveredPer report.
- Platform expansionDeliveredNew dashboards, modules.
- 99.6% accuracyNot reportedNo figures.
- Commercial growthNot shownNo revenue since 2022.
The Money
In its 2023 announcement the company gave revenue of CZK 9.5 million for 2021 and CZK 4 million for the first nine months of 2022, against a 2022 goal of about €1 million. It has not published revenue since. Its share capital is €305,600, according to Kurzy.cz. How much of the CZK 160 million was EIC equity has not been disclosed.
What Cannot Be Checked
Questions for the EIC
Neuron Soundware's revenue since 2022, the size of the EIC's equity stake, the accuracy the platform achieved and the project's final results are not public.
Why Europe Should Care
The EIC backed a Czech industrial AI company with both a grant and equity. It has built a working product and signed well-known industrial names for pilots, but it has not shown the public how big the business has become.
What the project promised
AI acoustic diagnostics detecting machine faults with 99.6% accuracy, easy to deploy at scale.
What the record shows
Platform upgrades and automation, industrial case studies, and no published revenue or accuracy figures.
The Verdict
Working product, unpublished numbers
Neuron Soundware has done the technical work and has customers to show. What it earns, and whether it met the accuracy it promised, it has not said.
Neuron Soundware and the EIC have not been asked for comment for this article. It is based entirely on public records and published statements, linked throughout.
Industry
Industrial technologyIndustrial monitoring
- Focus
- Asset monitoring
- Technologies
- Artificial intelligence
- Acoustic sensing
- Edge computing
- Keywords
- Machine failure
- Wind turbines
- Industrial robots
- Solar inverters