• Synervoz’s Switchboard platform boosts voice and audio development cycles by 10x
• Collaboration targets 70+ B2B opportunities across industries like automotive and retail

LOS ANGELES, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), an award-winning, creator-first music, entertainment, and technology platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Synervoz Communications, Inc. to co-create new products and experiences that power the next wave of voice in native devices and operating systems. LiveOne and Synervoz will also work together to meet the demands of LiveOne’s growing pipeline of B2B initiatives.

“Working with Synervoz opens up powerful new ways for users to engage with audio,” said Rob Ellin, CEO and Chairman of LiveOne. “From voice search to social listening and shared podcast experiences, we’re making audio more interactive and connected. This collaboration also allows us to scale faster and more efficiently–integrating engineering efforts to support our growing B2B pipeline and shape the future of audio.”

Jim Rand, CEO and Co-Founder of Synervoz, added, “Entertainment is evolving and Voice AI is the interface of the future – we couldn’t be more excited to work with LiveOne to unlock new ways to find and interact with music, podcasts, and live content; and to create new ways to experience it together with others.”

About LiveOne
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment, and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. LiveOne's subsidiaries include Slacker, PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC), PPVOne, CPS, LiveXLive, DayOne Music Publishing, Drumify and Splitmind. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Spotify, Samsung, Amazon Fire, Android TV, and through STIRR's OTT applications. For more information, visit liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X at @liveone. For more investor information, please visit ir.liveone.com.

About Synervoz
Synervoz provides audio software solutions to the gaming, media & entertainment, and consumer electronics sectors. Their Switchboard platform includes a vast library of audio and voice AI tools enabling developers to build new products and features on any platform in a fraction of the time. Switchboard combines the performance of a C++ audio engine with JSON-based audio graphs, offering unmatched flexibility for both no-code and advanced developers, while providing unparalleled on-device audio processing capabilities.

Headquartered in Toronto and backed by Lowercase Capital, Slack, and Techstars, the team comprises experts in real time audio programming in C++, digital signal processing (DSP), and AI implementations across platforms and languages spanning mobile, web, desktop, game consoles, smart TVs, embedded/wearable technologies, and developer tools.

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