<s>
Typewise	B-Device
is	O
a	O
Swiss	B-Protocol
deep	O
tech	O
company	O
that	O
builds	O
text	O
prediction	O
AI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
was	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	O
features	O
a	O
self-developed	O
hexagonal	O
layout	O
and	O
a	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
typing	I-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
suggesting	O
the	O
next	O
word	O
depending	O
on	O
context	O
and	O
multilingual	O
language	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Typewise	B-Device
keyboard	O
had	O
been	O
installed	O
over	O
1.4	O
million	O
times	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
won	O
a	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
(	O
CES	O
)	O
Innovation	O
Award	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
year	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
now	O
developing	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
writing	O
assistant	O
aimed	O
at	O
business	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
was	O
founded	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
by	O
David	O
Eberle	O
and	O
Janis	O
Berneker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
head	O
office	O
is	O
in	O
Zurich	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
those	O
the	O
founders	O
launched	O
an	O
app	O
prototype	O
in	O
2016	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
“	O
WRIO	O
Keyboard	O
”	O
on	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Play	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Typewise	B-Device
launched	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Typewise	B-Device
sought	O
and	O
received	O
funding	O
from	O
angel	O
investors	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
Swiss	B-Protocol
research	O
grant	O
,	O
totaling	O
US	O
$1.04	O
million	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
continued	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Typewise	B-Device
expanded	O
its	O
total	O
financing	O
to	O
US	O
$1.52	O
million	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
research	O
grant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
Typewise	B-Device
raised	O
another	O
$2m	O
via	O
a	O
crowdfund	O
campaign	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
Seedrs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
have	O
three	O
products	O
:	O
a	O
smartphone	O
keyboard	O
app	O
,	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
writing	O
assistant	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
writing	O
assistant	O
is	O
a	O
browser-based	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
text	I-General_Concept
tool	O
designed	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
speed	O
and	O
quality	O
of	O
written	O
communication	O
,	O
specifically	O
for	O
customer	O
support	O
and	O
sales	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
keyboard	O
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	O
that	O
provides	O
features	O
for	O
typing	B-Application
on	O
a	O
smartphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
offers	O
two	O
keyboard	O
layouts	O
,	O
the	O
traditional	O
QWERTY	O
keyboard	O
and	O
the	O
self-invented	O
hexagonal	O
layout	O
(	O
“	O
honeycomb	O
layout	O
”	O
)	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
especially	O
for	O
typing	B-Application
with	O
two	O
thumbs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
keyboard	O
supports	O
over	O
40	O
languages	O
and	O
allows	O
typing	B-Application
in	O
multiple	O
languages	O
simultaneously	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
an	O
algorithmic	O
language	O
recognition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
’s	O
core	O
technology	O
draws	O
on	O
text	O
prediction	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
auto-corrections	O
and	O
word-completion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
collaborates	O
with	O
ETH	O
Zurich	O
’s	O
Data	O
Analytics	O
Lab	O
,	O
supported	O
by	O
Innosuisse	O
(	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
's	O
Innovation	O
Agency	O
)	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
the	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
also	O
have	O
released	O
an	O
API	O
that	O
enables	O
developers	O
to	O
use	O
Typewise	B-Device
's	O
AI	B-Application
on	O
third	O
party	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
uses	O
a	O
hexagonal	O
keyboard	O
layout	O
that	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
introduce	O
fewer	O
typos	O
into	O
text	O
typed	B-Application
with	O
the	O
keyboard	O
than	O
a	O
QWERTY	O
keyboard	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
shape	O
and	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
keys	O
,	O
the	O
Typewise	B-Device
layout	O
features	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
differences	O
to	O
QWERTY	O
and	O
other	O
rectangular	O
layouts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
a	O
singular	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
smaller	O
space	B-Device
bars	I-Device
in	O
the	O
middle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
power	O
text	O
prediction	O
for	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
Typewise	B-Device
developed	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
with	O
the	O
Swiss	B-Protocol
science	O
institute	O
ETH	O
Zurich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typewise	B-Device
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
entirely	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
device	O
in	O
light	O
of	O
privacy	O
concerns	O
related	O
to	O
transmitting	O
potentially	O
sensitive	O
user	O
typing	B-Application
data	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	O
’s	O
text	O
prediction	O
technology	O
does	O
not	O
send	O
any	O
typing	B-Application
data	O
to	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
as	O
it	O
runs	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
