This is just one problem Norwegian startup Hance is solving with an impressively small and fast bit of audio processing software that’s already attracted customers like Intel and Riedel Communications, the official radio supplier to F1. Hance is one of the 200 startups selected to show off its technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, which runs October 27 through 29 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Since then, they’ve been able to shrink the Hance processing models to just 242 kB, meaning they can run on device instead of in the cloud, saving time and energy. While other companies offer similar audio processing software, Hance’s tiny, energy-efficient models can process audio on devices of all sizes in real-time. Hika sees opportunity for Hance’s audio processing to go in many more directions, too, now that it has lined up Intel as a partner.