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Top 35 Speech Recognition Startups to Watch in 2026

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The speech recognition industry has expanded far beyond simple transcription. Companies now apply this technology to fields like marketing, healthcare, and customer service.

For example, Invoca has raised over $201M for its conversation intelligence platform. Meanwhile, Corti is using AI to assist with patient consultations in the healthcare sector.

Below is our list of 35 Speech Recognition startups worth keeping an eye on.

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Deepgram builds AI speech models that give developers powerful tools for transcription and audio intelligence. Their technology is known for its speed and accuracy, powering everything from real-time captioning to advanced voice agents.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2015
FoundersNoah Shutty, Scott Stephenson
Funding Amount$85.9M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsNVIDIA, BlackRock, Madrona, Wing Venture Capital, Y Combinator

Yoodli develops an AI platform that acts as a private communication coach for practicing speeches and interviews. Their technology provides real-time, confidential feedback to help users improve their delivery and confidence.

HeadquartersSeattle, Washington, United States
Year Founded2021
FoundersEsha Joshi, Varun Puri
Funding Amount$20.7M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusSeries A
Top InvestorsMadrona, Ascend, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, AI2 Incubator, J4.Ventures

Invoca builds an AI conversation intelligence platform used by marketing, sales, and e-commerce teams. The platform analyzes customer conversations to uncover insights that help businesses increase revenue and improve the customer experience.

HeadquartersSanta Barbara, California, United States
Year Founded2008
FoundersColin Kelley, Jason Spievak, Robert Duva
Funding Amount$201.5M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries F
Top InvestorsAccel, StepStone Group, Bonfire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Industry Ventures

CAMB.AI builds AI infrastructure to help localize internet content and conversations. Their proprietary speech and translation models are used to dub audio and video for the media, sports, and entertainment industries.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2023
FoundersAkshat Prakash, Avneesh Prakash
Funding Amount$19.4M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeed
Top Investors5Point Ventures, Oraseya Capital, Courtside Ventures, Dubai Future District Fund, Blue Star Innovation Partners

Interactions develops intelligent virtual assistant solutions that help Fortune 500 companies automate customer service. Their conversational AI platform handles complex customer inquiries through both voice and digital messaging channels.

HeadquartersFranklin, Massachusetts, United States
Year Founded2004
FoundersMichael Cloran
Funding Amount$162.8M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsNewSpring, SoftBank Group, Updata Partners, Comcast Ventures, Revolution

Corti develops an AI co-pilot that assists healthcare professionals during patient consultations. Their platform uses speech recognition to provide real-time guidance for triage and to automate clinical documentation.

HeadquartersCopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Year Founded2016
FoundersAndreas Cleve Lohmann, Lars Maaløe, Michael Boesen
Funding Amount$93.3M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsHeartcore Capital, Atomico, Prosus Ventures, byFounders, Idinvest Partners

Hive provides a full-stack AI platform with a portfolio of models for content moderation, generation, and understanding. They also offer a large-scale data labeling service that uses a distributed workforce to create high-quality datasets for machine learning.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2013
FoundersDmitriy Karpman, Kevin Guo
Funding Amount$120.7M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsGeneral Catalyst, 8VC, Founders Fund, Eniac Ventures, Rocketship.vc

Replicant builds contact center automation software to help companies resolve their most common customer service issues. Their AI-powered Thinking Machine can handle complex requests over the phone with a conversational, human-like voice.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersAndrew Abraham, Benjamin Gleitzman, Gadi Shamia, Jack Abraham
Funding Amount$113M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsNorwest Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Bloomberg Beta

Exotel builds a full-stack customer engagement platform designed for businesses in emerging markets. The company offers a unified solution with contact center software, communication APIs, and conversational AI to manage customer experiences.

HeadquartersBangalore, Karnataka, India
Year Founded2011
FoundersIshwar Sridharan, Shivakumar Ganesan, Siddharth Ramesh, Vijay Sharma
Funding Amount$87.3M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusDebt Financing
Top Investors360 ONE Asset, Stride Ventures, Blume Ventures, Singularity AMC, A91 Partners

Descript offers a collaborative audio and video editor that works like a document, transcribing media so it can be edited as text. Their AI-powered platform helps creators and teams streamline the production of podcasts, videos, and other media.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersAndrew Mason
Funding Amount$100M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsOpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Redpoint, HubSpot Ventures

25 Additional Speech Recognition Startups Worth Following

Our top picks are just the beginning of the story. Together, the companies that follow have raised over $2 billion, with many of them focused on AI.

You'll see brand new startups from 2024 alongside more established players. Below is a look at the other companies shaping the speech recognition space.

StartupMain IndustryYear FoundedAmount RaisedLast Funding Round
Pindrop logo PindropSecurity2011$318.3MDebt Financing
Uniphore logo UniphoreAI2008$620.9MSeries E
Speak logo SpeakAI2017$152MSeries C
Sense logo SenseHardware2013$174.6MSeries C
Speechmatics logo SpeechmaticsAI2006£56.7M
Aveni logo AveniEnterprise2018£15.5MSeries A
Volley logo VolleyAI2016$107.3MSeries C
PolyAI logo PolyAIAI2017$116MSeries C
Mobvoi logo MobvoiAI2012$264.9MVenture Round
Voices logo VoicesMarketing2005$21.3MPrivate Equity
aiOla logo aiOlaAI2020$58MSeries A
Offset Labs logo Offset LabsAI2024$1MPre-Seed
Eden AI logo Eden AIAI2020$4.5MSeed
WIZ.AI logo WIZ.AIAI2019$56MSeries A
Skit logo SkitAI2016$28.1MSeries B
Convin logo ConvinAnalytics2019$8.9MSeries A
Ubestream logo UbestreamAI2016$1.2MSeries A
Tilde logo TildeAI1991€98.8kGrant
MOJO-CX logo MOJO-CXAI2018$7.8MVenture Round
Sensifai logo SensifaiAI2016$1.5MSeed
Argilla logo ArgillaAI2017$7.2MSeed
Vatis Tech logo Vatis TechAI2020€850kSeed
Saltroad logo SaltroadAI2024£575kPre-Seed
Voicit logo VoicitAI2022$100kPre-Seed
Nullius in Verba logo Nullius in VerbaAI2023

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