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Meta discloses its Instagram AI chatbot security flaw exposed at least 20,225 accounts to unauthorized password resets over seven weeks.
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Vapi closes a $50M funding round led by Peak XV.
CXO Digitalpulse ↗
NiCE reports solid Q1 revenue driven by cloud and AI; Cognigy now tightly integrated into CXone platform.
No Jitter ↗
Gartner research finds most contact centers use AI to replace departing agents rather than cut staff; one-third are downsizing due to AI.
No Jitter ↗
ElevenLabs launches ElevenMusic, an AI music creation and sharing app.
Music Ally ↗
Voice AI investment momentum accelerates as enterprise applications demonstrate commercial viability.
Newcomer | Substack ↗
ElevenLabs raises $500M at an $11B valuation.
eWeek ↗
ElevenLabs closes a $500M Series D funding round.
Wilson Sonsini ↗
ElevenLabs raises $500M at an $11B valuation as it expands into music generation with Eleven Music.
Music Business Worldwide ↗
ElevenLabs raises $500M at an $11B valuation, tripling its prior valuation.
CXO Digitalpulse ↗
Decagon raises $250M led by Coatue and Index for conversational AI customer experience.
Tech Funding News ↗
Decagon raises $250M Series D at a $4.5B valuation for its AI customer-experience platform.
Pulse 2.0 ↗
LiveKit reaches a $1B valuation as a voice AI infrastructure platform powering conversational agents.
TechCrunch ↗
Extremist groups are using AI voice cloning to scale propaganda and recruitment efforts, raising risks for radicalization.
The Guardian ↗
Salesforce and Vonage partner to integrate AI voice capabilities into contact center platforms.
CX Today ↗
Experts warn of rising AI voice cloning scams targeting individuals and families.
investigatetv.com ↗
Industry analysis on AI adoption trends in contact center operations and agent augmentation.
CX Today ↗
PolyAI closes an $86M funding round to scale its conversational AI platform for enterprise customer interactions.
PR Newswire ↗
PolyAI raises €73.2 million to scale its enterprise conversational AI platform.
EU-Startups ↗
PolyAI raises $86 million in funding to expand its conversational AI platform.
PYMNTS.com ↗
PolyAI closes a $86M Series D to scale conversational AI for enterprise customer service automation.
CMSWire ↗
SuperBryn raises $1.2M pre-seed led by Kalaari Capital to build reliability infrastructure for voice agents.
LinkedIn ↗
Insurers flag growing liability exposure from AI voice cloning and synthetic voice fraud in consumer-facing applications.
Insurance Business ↗
Gradium raises $70M to advance audio language models for realistic voice AI synthesis.
SiliconANGLE ↗
Decagon, an AI startup for customer service automation, positions itself as a competitive alternative to Salesforce and Sierra.
Forbes ↗
Sierra reaches $100M ARR within two years of launch.
Yahoo Finance ↗
Sierra AI reaches $100M ARR in 21 months of operation.
CryptoRank ↗
Deutsche Telekom adds agentic AI platform Decagon to its venture portfolio.
TelcoTitans.com ↗ElevenLabs partners with actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey for authorized voice cloning.
AP News ↗
Hyper, a Canadian startup, deploys AI agents to handle non-emergency police call intake.
The Globe and Mail ↗
Decagon showcases its AI concierge platform for enterprise customer experience management.
Microsoft ↗
Sierra, an AI customer-service platform backed by OpenAI's chairman, reaches a $10B valuation.
Forbes ↗
Popai Health raises $11M to convert patient phone calls into structured medical data via AI transcription and analysis.
CTech ↗
Cartesia unveils Sonic-3, a voice AI model positioned as advancing real-time voice synthesis and conversational capabilities.
AIM Media House ↗
VC explains why ElevenLabs' founder impressed him enough to invest in the $3B voice AI firm.
CNBC ↗
Sesame raises $250M to scale voice-driven AI wearables.
PYMNTS.com ↗
Sesame raises $250M to advance conversational AI capabilities.
StartupHub.ai ↗
Hyro raises $45M for its healthcare conversational AI agents.
MedCity News ↗
Sesame raises $250M and launches conversational AI beta.
TechCrunch ↗
Hyro raises $45M in a strategic growth round to expand AI agent deployment in healthcare.
PR Newswire ↗R1 partners with Sierra to deploy AI-driven conversational interfaces for healthcare customer engagement.
GlobeNewswire ↗
University and startup collaborate on preserving speaker voice and emotion in AI-driven speech translation.
Slator ↗
SLNG, a Spanish speech AI startup, raises €3.3M to build European alternatives to US-dominated voice infrastructure.
EU-Startups ↗
Salesforce adds voice calling capabilities to Agentforce, enabling AI agents to handle phone-based customer service interactions.
CNBC ↗
Former Meta and Google researcher in talks to raise $60M for a voice AI startup.
Forbes ↗
GreyLabs AI raises Rs 85 Cr led by Elevation to deploy voice AI agents for banking and financial services.
Entrackr ↗
Vaani AI Research raises $400K pre-seed funding to build voice agent infrastructure.
Indian Startup Times ↗
Voice-cloning AI systems are increasingly being weaponized for fraud and impersonation scams.
BECU ↗
Sierra CEO Bret Taylor argues AI agents will reshape business as fundamentally as the internet did.
observer.com ↗
Sierra demonstrates voice simulation capabilities for testing AI customer service agents.
The AI Economy | Ken Yeung ↗
Analysis of investor appetite for voice AI startups and the sector's commercial momentum.
Crunchbase News ↗
Hello Patient secures $22.5M to scale AI voice agents for healthcare customer interactions.
Fierce Healthcare ↗
Sierra, Bret Taylor's customer-interaction AI platform, reaches a $10B valuation.
CNBC ↗
MEGA raises €1.7M in funding to develop compliant AI voice agents for order-to-cash workflows.
EU-Startups ↗
Decagon releases tooling to simplify AI agent development using natural language interfaces.
The Futurum Group ↗
Consumers Union submits petition signed by 75,000+ consumers urging the FTC to regulate AI voice cloning fraud.
Consumers Union ↗
Meta acquires Egyptian voice AI startup PlayAI to strengthen its generative AI capabilities.
Dabafinance ↗
Wittify raises $1.5M pre-seed to build Arabic-native AI agents for mobile and web platforms.
MENAbytes ↗
Startups are building speech and language models to expand AI voice capabilities across African languages.
TechCabal ↗
Navana.ai raises ₹7 Cr from Antler India to develop Indic language speech recognition.
CXO Digitalpulse ↗
New York court weighs legal standards for AI voice cloning, affecting the sector's regulatory landscape.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ↗
Meta acquires PlayAI, a voice AI startup.
MENAbytes ↗
United We Care launches Shunya Labs, a voice AI infrastructure platform supporting 32 Indic languages.
Analytics India Magazine ↗
Wittify.ai raises $1.5M to build conversational AI for Arabic-language users.
waya.media ↗
Wittify.ai raises $1.5M in pre-seed funding to develop Arabic conversational AI.
Wamda ↗
NVIDIA Riva TTS enhances multilingual voice synthesis and cloning capabilities for human-like speech generation.
NVIDIA Developer ↗
Meta is bidding to acquire PlayAI, a voice AI startup.
PYMNTS.com ↗
Nigerian AI startup launches voice automation tool designed for African accents, addressing a gap in voice synthesis and recognition.
Semafor ↗
ElevenLabs targets an IPO within five years, according to leadership, per CNBC reporting.
The Hindu ↗Cekura, an AI voice agent testing startup, raises $2.4M from Y Combinator.
Business Insider ↗
A Nigerian voice AI startup is gaining competitive traction against incumbent tech companies in conversational interfaces.
WeeTracker ↗
Synthflow raises $20M in funding to expand its conversational AI platform.
Tech.eu ↗
Synthflow raises €17.2 million to scale its AI voice agent platform.
EU-Startups ↗
Decagon closes a $131M Series C funding round.
The SaaS News ↗
TechCrunch analysis on how Synthflow AI differentiates itself in the voice AI market.
TechCrunch ↗
Decagon raises $131M at a $1.5B valuation for conversational AI agents.
Pulse 2.0 ↗
Agenton.ai secures funding from Gorilla Capital Fund III to expand its AI-powered voice agent service.
en.ain.ua ↗
ScreenXchange launches SX Agent SAM, an AI voice agent for outbound verification tasks in HR/recruitment workflows.
HRTech Series ↗
Botlhale AI launches speech recognition for African languages in call center environments.
iAfrica.com ↗
Car dealerships deploy AI voice agents to handle phone inquiries, replacing human staff roles.
Futurism ↗
Botlhale AI launches speech recognition and synthesis technology for African languages.
Dabafinance ↗
Voice AI funding surged 8x as businesses deploy voice-enabled chatbots for customer engagement.
PYMNTS.com ↗
Sarvam AI launches Bulbul v-2, a voice model supporting 11 Indian languages.
MediaNama ↗
Solda.AI, a German telesales voice agent startup, raises €3.5 million in funding.
EU-Startups ↗
Solda.AI raises $4M seed round led by Accel for voice agent technology.
Sifted ↗
Telli, a voice-agent startup, raises $3.6M to automate high-volume customer service calls.
AI Insider ↗
Deepgram launches Aura-2, a text-to-speech engine designed for real-time business interactions.
SiliconANGLE ↗
Berlin-based voize raises $9M to automate hospital documentation using speech recognition, with backing from Charité hospital.
Tech Funding News ↗
Observe.AI acquires Dubdub.ai to expand its voice AI agents capabilities.
Inc42 ↗
Sesame open-sources its voice generation model.
R&D World ↗
ElevenLabs launches a new AI voice model claiming to outperform Google and OpenAI offerings.
Sifted ↗
ElevenLabs launches a speech-to-text model, expanding beyond text-to-speech into audio transcription.
TechCrunch ↗
Zypher releases a speech model capable of voice cloning from 5 seconds of audio.
The Register ↗
VoiceCare AI pilots an agentic system with Mayo Clinic to automate healthcare back-office tasks.
Fierce Healthcare ↗
ElevenLabs secures $180M in Series C funding.
en.ain.ua ↗
Rounded launches an AI orchestration platform for building voice agents without coding.
TechCrunch ↗
