These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked

The startup’s own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.

Google adds voice-based prompting to Docs and Keep

Google is letting users create drafts, take notes, and search for email with voice with the new Workspace update

Voice AI in India is hard. Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway.

Wispr Flow says growth accelerated in India after its Hinglish rollout, even as voice AI products continue to face challenges.

ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Longoria as new investors

4. ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.

DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice

DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams

Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline

Google’s new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow.

Speechify’s Windows app uses local models for transcription and dictation

Speechify just launched a native Windows app that employs locally stored models to enable dictation and transcription across apps.

Cohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription

Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.

Mistral releases a new open-source model for speech generation

Mistral’s new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone.