Question 1

What does Hidacs do?

Accepted Answer

Hidacs is a Swiss R&D consultancy specializing in audio signal processing and machine learning. We help R&D teams turn acoustic and audio challenges into working prototypes — feasibility studies, proof-of-concept, and production audio ML systems across speech, industrial, environmental, and health & safety domains.

Question 2

Where is Hidacs based?

Accepted Answer

Hidacs Sàrl is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. We work with R&D teams across Switzerland, the European Union, and North America.

Question 3

How does an engagement with Hidacs typically start?

Accepted Answer

Engagements start with a free 30–45 minute exploratory call to discuss your technical hypothesis and R&D goals. From there, we typically run a short, deliverable-based pilot project to validate feasibility, with optional ongoing collaboration via monthly retainer.

Question 4

Who founded Hidacs?

Accepted Answer

Hidacs was founded by Patrick Marmaroli, who holds a PhD in audio signal processing from EPFL and has 15 years of production experience shipping audio ML systems, including at Microsoft.

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