CES has always been a place where early ideas meet global ambition. For emotii.ai, CES 2026 marked a clear step forward, not just in visibility, but in maturity, traction, and purpose.
In a video interview recorded during the event, Sumit Sachdeva, CEO and Founder of emotii.ai, reflects on the company’s journey, the evolution from startup to production-ready platform, and what CES represents for teams building technology meant to work at global scale.
Building Communication That Preserves Meaning
At the heart of emotii is a simple but powerful idea: communication should not lose meaning when it crosses languages.
emotii.ai is the world’s first emotionally intelligent, real-time communication platform, designed to allow people to speak naturally in their own language while listeners hear and read the conversation in theirs — instantly, and without flattening tone, intent, or emotion.
As Sumit explains in the interview, the goal is not just translation, but understanding. In real-world conversations – whether in enterprise meetings, healthcare settings, or global collaboration — how something is said often matters as much as what is said.
From Eureka Park to the West Hall
emotii’s presence at CES 2026 also reflects how far the company has come.
After exhibiting at Eureka Park last year — CES’s startup hub — emotii “graduated” to the West Hall, exhibiting alongside established global players in automotive, mobility, and engineering.
This transition is more than symbolic. It signals a move from early experimentation to production readiness and real-world deployment. As Sumit notes, being part of the Eureka Park Graduates program represents a milestone for startups that have moved beyond prototypes and into revenue, customers, and scalable delivery.
From Product Launch to Enterprise Adoption
Another key milestone discussed in the interview is emotii’s move into full production.
The platform officially launched into production two months prior to CES 2026 and has already secured two enterprise customers, including one five-year contract. For a company operating in complex, multilingual environments, this kind of early enterprise commitment reflects confidence not just in the technology, but in its reliability at scale.
CES, as Sumit highlights, is ultimately about partnerships – about meeting the right people at the right moment and laying the groundwork for long-term collaboration.
Global Recognition Beyond Las Vegas
The interview also touches on emotii’s growing international recognition.
At CES Amsterdam, emotii was named one of the Top 10 exhibitors in the “Europe Unveiled” program — an acknowledgment that reinforced the relevance of emotionally aware, real-time communication across global markets.
Taken together, CES Amsterdam and CES Las Vegas reflect a broader trend: organisations across regions are increasingly aware that language barriers are not just an inconvenience, but a structural limitation — and that solving them requires more than literal translation.
What CES 2026 Represented
For emotii, CES 2026 was not about spectacle. It was about substance:
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demonstrating real-time, multilingual communication in live environments
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showing that emotional nuance and intent can be preserved, not inferred
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and proving that this technology is ready to be embedded into enterprise workflows, platforms, and devices
As Sumit shares, the quality of conversations at CES this year — particularly with enterprise leaders and partners — confirmed that the problem emotii is addressing is no longer theoretical. It is present, urgent, and shared across industries.
Looking Ahead
The journey from Eureka Park to the West Hall mirrors emotii’s broader trajectory: from idea to infrastructure, from experimentation to execution.
As organisations continue to operate across borders, cultures, and languages, the need for communication that is real-time, emotionally aware, and meaning-preserving will only grow.
CES 2026 was one milestone in that journey — and a clear signal of what comes next.
📺 Watch the full interview with Sumit Sachdeva
