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January 7, 2019

How to get your clients coming to you

Chirp invented a way to send data over sound. But its real stroke of genius has been in opening up its tech and then letting other people figure out how to use it.


Amy Lewin

5 min read

In 2016, UK startup Chirp got an unexpected call. It was UK energy provider EDF, enquiring about how it could use Chirp’s technology, which lets users send data over sound, in one of its nuclear power stations. EDF’s innovation delivery team were looking for communication alternatives to wifi and mobile phones in a radio-frequency restriction environment.

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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