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Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic

TechCrunch · August 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM

Sonic Fire Tech raised its new funding to help get its sound-powered fire protection system into everything from commercial kitchens to apartment buildings.

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