Fact · Dictation software
30million US dollars
In the funding rounds and acquisitions in speech recognition and dictation dataset, the 11 published figures for “Voice agents and voice AI” have a median of 30 million US dollars, ranging from 2 to 580.7.
Calculated from 11 data points on October 19, 2026
- What it measures
- Each figure is one row of the dataset: a published measurement for a stated group, traced to its source. The median is the middle value of the 11 figures for this group.
- How it is calculated
- Median of 11 values (2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 30, 80, 100, 180, 500, 580.7) = 30.
- What it does not show
- Only disclosed deals appear, and announcements round amounts. Rounds labeled differently by different sources are filed under the company's own label.
A statistic of the dataset Voice AI Funding: Speech and Dictation Startup Rounds, calculated by code from its published rows.
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- In July 2024, Bee, the maker of a wearable AI assistant, raised $7 million in a round led by Exor, according to TechCrunch. The announced amount includes $1.5 million of pre-seed funding raised earlier.
- ElevenLabs announced on 20 June 2023 that it had raised a $19 million Series A round led by Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross and Andreessen Horowitz.
- ElevenLabs announced on 22 January 2024 that it had raised an $80 million Series B round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross.
- ElevenLabs announced on 30 January 2025 that it had raised $180 million in a Series C round co-led by a16z and ICONIQ Growth.
- ElevenLabs announced on 4 February 2026 that it had raised $500 million in a Series D round led by Sequoia Capital.
- On July 8, 2026, Gradium said it had extended its funding to $100 million, seven months after its launch, as an extension of its seed financing. The $100 million is the total after the extension; the announcement does not say how much the extension itself raised.
- In April 2026 iFlytek issued 90,232,348 shares to 14 specific investors and raised a gross total of 3,999,999,986.84 yuan, about 580.7 million US dollars at 6.8880 yuan per dollar.
- Modulate announced on 16 August 2022 a $30 million Series A round, led by Lakestar and supported by investors such as Hyperplane, Everblue and Galaxy.
- Modulate announced on 28 September 2026 that it had raised $25 million in new funding, led by Future Ventures, with participation from Hyperplane and Lakestar. The company says the round brings its total funding to $60 million.
- Omi's own announcement dated January 30, 2025 says it raised $2 million from Tim Draper, with participation from the Dropbox co-founder, 468 Capital, Embedding VC and angel investors.
- Smallest AI announced on its blog, with the page dated 5 October 2026, that it had raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Seligman Ventures.