Voice AI

Gradium Gets $70 Million to Turn Voice Into AI’s Universal Interface
Gradium Gets $70 Million to Turn Voice Into AI’s Universal Interface
December 02, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

By any conventional startup logic, raising a $70 million seed round sounds improbable. Double that improbability for a business just exiting from stealth after being...

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Amazon Employing AI to Help Shoppers Comb Reviews
Amazon Employing AI to Help Shoppers Comb Reviews
September 14, 2025  |  Amazon

Amazon earlier this year began rolling out artificial intelligence-voiced product descriptions for select customers and products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Microsoft Unveils VibeVoice for Longer Conversational AI Audio
Microsoft Unveils VibeVoice for Longer Conversational AI Audio
September 02, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Microsoft has released VibeVoice, a new open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model that lets users create podcasts and other audio — a counter to Google’s popular...

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OpenAI Says New Speech-to-Speech Model Designed for Customer Support
OpenAI Says New Speech-to-Speech Model Designed for Customer Support
August 28, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI has released what it calls its “most advanced speech-to-speech model yet.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Taco Bell Finds Voice AI Still Needs a Human Touch
Taco Bell Finds Voice AI Still Needs a Human Touch
August 28, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Taco Bell is reportedly rethinking how it deploys voice artificial intelligence (AI) in its drive-through locations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Vox AI Raises $8.7 Million to Bring Voice AI to Restaurants
Vox AI Raises $8.7 Million to Bring Voice AI to Restaurants
August 27, 2025  |  Investments

Restaurant-focused voice AI platform Vox AI has raised $8.7 million in seed funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Nobody’s Talking: Voice Interfaces Face Hurdles for Wide Adoption
Nobody’s Talking: Voice Interfaces Face Hurdles for Wide Adoption
July 31, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots often tout the availability of voice-activated features, joining a trend of speaking commands into AI assistants like Siri and Alexa....

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AWS and Vonage Partner to Distribute ‘Natural-Sounding’ AI Voice Agents
AWS and Vonage Partner to Distribute ‘Natural-Sounding’ AI Voice Agents
July 15, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Vonage have partnered to deliver “natural-sounding” artificial intelligence (AI) voice agents for use in customer support and proactive outbound engagement...

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Meta to Make a Bid for Voice AI Startup PlayAI
Meta to Make a Bid for Voice AI Startup PlayAI
July 13, 2025  |  Meta

Meta has reportedly acquired voice technology/artificial intelligence (AI) startup PlayAI. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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