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PlayAI

Acquired by Meta · 2025

PlayAI was a TTS / Voice Synthesis company founded in 2023 and based in San Francisco, United States. It was acquired by Meta in 2025.

PlayAI builds ultra-realistic voice generation and cloning models with APIs for conversational AI and content creation. Raised $21M from Emergence Capital; popular among voice-agent infrastructure platforms as an ElevenLabs alternative.

PlayAI's models compete head-to-head with ElevenLabs on quality and latency, offering a fast-growing alternative for developers.

play.ai TTS / Voice Synthesis

United Statesacquired

At a glance

Total raised

$21M

last round acquired

Headcount

—

no public estimate on record

Headquarters

San Francisco

United States

Founded

2023

3 years active

Status

Acquired

by Meta

Subsector

Funding history

Total raised

$21M

Rounds tracked

Latest stage

Acquired

Date	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors
Jul 13, 2025	Acquired	—	—	Meta
Nov 1, 2024	Seed	$21M	—	Kindred Ventures, 500 Global

PlayAI

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Leadership

Products

PlayDialog TTS API

Voice Cloning

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