Oto snags $5.3M seed to use AI to understand voice intonation

Oto, a startup spun off from research at SRI International to help customer...


Gong.io nabs $40M investment to enhance CRM with voice recognition

With traditional CRM tools, sales people add basic details about the companies...


Cogito scores $37M as AI-driven sentiment analysis biz grows

Cogito announced a $37 million Series C investment today led by Goldman Sachs...


Voicera scoops up AI note-taking app Wrappup

Voicera wants to be the company that eliminates the need for human note taking...


ELSA raises $3.2M for its A.I.-powered English pronunciation assistant

 ELSA, an app whose name stands for “English Language Speech...


Roxy grabs $2.2 million seed investment to build Alexa-like voice devices customized for business

 Some of the biggest names in technology are all in on voice-controlled...


Kakao, Samsung Electronics join forces to advance voice recognition and artificial intelligence

Kakao and Samsung Electronics plan to release products of their collaboration...


New Affectiva cloud API helps machines understand emotions in human speech

 Affectiva, the startup that spun out of the MIT Media Lab several years...


AssemblyAI wants to put customized speech recognition within reach of any developer

 It’s clear that voice is becoming a major interface, as we witness...


Josh.ai raises $11 million for a premium home automation system with a smarter AI

 One of the promises of voice-based computing is the ability to make home...