Superpowered
AcquiredSuperpowered provides a unified C++ and JavaScript SDK suite for building low-latency, interactive audio applications across mobile, desktop, web, and embedded platforms from a single API. The SDKs also include networking and cryptographic libraries that standardize cross-platform behavior, with the JavaScript version leveraging WebAssembly for browser performance. The company is currently sunsetting its products and directing customers to Yuby for low-latency audio needs.
- Developer Tools
- Music Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Product
Problem
Building interactive audio applications across multiple platforms is complex and time-consuming, as developers must contend with platform-specific audio idiosyncrasies and varying performance characteristics. This fragmentation forces teams to write and maintain separate codebases for each target, increasing development cost and delaying time-to-market while often resulting in inconsistent audio quality and latency across devices.
Solution
Superpowered provides a unified C++ and JavaScript SDK suite that lets developers implement high-performance, low-latency interactive audio features across iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android, Linux, Windows, and web browsers from a single API. The audio library handles the low-level heavy lifting—from playback and effects to spatialization and music analysis—while companion networking and cryptographic libraries address data transmission and security needs. The JavaScript SDK uses WebAssembly to bring the same high-performance audio processing to web browsers. This unified approach reduces cross-platform development complexity, shortens development cycles, and delivers consistent, professional-grade audio performance across all major platforms.
Target Audience
Primary customers are software developers and companies building audio-intensive applications, including music creation apps, streaming services, gaming, virtual reality, and embedded audio hardware manufacturers targeting multiple platforms.
Features
- Single Superpowered API covering iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android, Linux, Windows, and web platforms for audio, networking, and cryptographic functions
- JavaScript/WebAssembly SDK enabling low-latency interactive audio features in web browsers with a friendly JavaScript API
- Networking library standardizing HTTP/HTTPS behavior across six platform targets to improve performance and eliminate platform-specific bugs
- Cryptographic library offering one-line calls for signing, verification, encryption, and decryption, replacing complex OpenSSL wrapper code
- Audio features include playback, decoders, effects, spatialization, music analysis, HLS streaming, Android USB Audio & MIDI, and audio I/O
- Optimized for low-power operation on embedded and hardware devices, suitable for OEM and IoT applications