Deepgram Inc. is developing voice AI models designed to run natively on air-gapped laptops, moving beyond cloud-based infrastructure to meet users on their personal hardware.
Despite billions in investment, industry leaders argue that voice AI technology has not yet reached a transformative milestone.
Prof IT has introduced a voice-based AI agent powered by Vocamate AI that automates lead qualification and initial customer interaction directly within a web browser.
Indian retailer Cars24 has achieved a 35% increase in sales conversions by utilizing ElevenLabs voice AI to analyze customer conversations during test drives.
Voice intelligence startup Modulate has raised $25 million to expand its suite of models for emotional analysis, deepfake detection, and enterprise voice agent monitoring.
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, voice models capable of real-time reasoning and background task execution.
Google has introduced the Gemini 3.8 Live voice model, featuring a new 'Think as it speaks' capability for real-time complex reasoning.
OpenAI has released its GPT-Live-1 voice model to developers via API, enabling real-time, full-duplex voice interactions at a cost of $0.05 per minute.
Paris-based Gradium has launched Voice Design, an AI tool that generates unique synthetic voices from text prompts in seconds without requiring audio references.
French AgTech startup Tellia has raised €4.3 million in a pre-Seed round to scale its voice-enabled data capture interface for agriculture.
Oulu-based Creoir has secured seed funding from Gungnir Capital to scale its voice AI solutions for defense and mission-critical systems.
