The problem
Synthetic voices sound robotic, and high-quality voice AI is costly to use at scale
What they do
Open-weight voice AI platform for expressive real-time text-to-speech, voice cloning and voice agents
Traction $0 to $21M ARR in one year; 8M+ users; enterprise and developers two-thirds of revenue; customers incl. HeyGen, Retell, LiveKit
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 10
- Ops roles
- 1
- Headcount
- ~22 (company, Jul 2026); LinkedIn lists ~55
Grew 3 to 22 people in its first year; 10 open roles (engineering, GTM, marketing) in Palo Alto, Tokyo or remote
Latest news
Jul 2026
Raised $52M seed led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, hitting $21M ARR and 8M users in its first year ↗Funding
- Last round
- $52M
- Stage
- Seed
- Date
- Jul 2026
Led by Coreline Ventures; Capital Today
- Hiring+1.510 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+1.5Seed · $52M, Jul 2026 (3 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: $0 to $21M ARR in one year; 8M+ users; enterprise and developers two-thirds of revenue; customers incl. HeyGen, Retell, LiveKit
- Red flags−11 significant flag in the last 24 months, −1 eachVoice-consent disputes in 2026: 25 French voice actors got 47 unauthorized voice models removed (Apr 2026), and UK performers' union Equity filed claims for 20+ members over voices allegedly cloned without consent (Jun 2026)Hiro Avocats, Apr 2026 ↗ · Equity, Jun 2026 ↗ · BBC News, Jun 2026 ↗
- Total3.51.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 − 1 = 3.5 → Tempo (3.5–4.24)
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: learns from use
$21M ARR in a year, but a seed-stage follower in crowded voice AI facing consent disputes.
Sources: TNW: Fish Audio gives its voice AI away (Jul 2026) ↗
Watch-outs
Voice-consent disputes in 2026: 25 French voice actors got 47 unauthorized voice models removed (Apr 2026), and UK performers' union Equity filed claims for 20+ members over voices allegedly cloned without consent (Jun 2026)
Sources: Hiro Avocats, Apr 2026 ↗ · Equity, Jun 2026 ↗ · BBC News, Jun 2026 ↗
Open ops roles · 1
Last checked Oct 13, 2026