AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B |

In Brief Posted: 11:23 AM PDT · September 30, 2026 Voice AI startup ElevenLabs announced today that it’s allowing employees to cash out a portion…

After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action |

When the call came, Tarini Padmanabhuni’s grandfather believed he was talking to his brother. The voice on the other end of the line said he’d…

After losing his voice to cancer, this founder is building ‘glasses for voice’ |

Konrad Zieliński lost his voice to cancer years ago while he was a student at the University of Warsaw. People with his condition have traditionally…

Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep |

In Brief Posted: 9:00 AM PDT · September 3, 2026 Google is launching conversational AI features within Docs, Gmail, and Keep that let users ask…

TikTok comments are getting more interactive with voice comments, polls, and more |

TikTok’s comment sections are getting an upgrade. The social network announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out new features for its comment sections, including voice…

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’ |

David Lawrence was a Harvard Law student when an on-campus shooting involving a police officer sparked intense controversy over police conduct. Realizing that most policing…

Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice |

9:46 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 29 min AI notetaking hardware has taken offoverthe pastcouple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins,andeven transcribing earbuds…

Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X

The prevailing narrative in Silicon Valley is that Chinese AI models like Kimi K3 and DeepSeek R1 came out of nowhere. But the truth is…

Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human |

While AI agents are increasingly capable of solving customer support problems, most people can still tell immediately when they’re talking to a machine instead of…

These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked |

Customer support and service are among the hottest sectors in voice AI right now. But building a product that sounds human and responds without noticeable…