In just 4 months, AI medical scribe Abridge doubles valuation to $5.3B
Abridge nabbed a $300 million Series E led by a16z, months after it closed its previous $250 million fundraise. The 7-year-old Abridge is widely considered to be the leader in the increasingly crowded AI-powered medical scribe market, largely due to its early entry and integration with Epic Systems, the dominant
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Read MoreElevenLabs releases a standalone voice generation app
Voice AI company ElevenLabs just released a standalone mobile app for iOS and Android users to generate voice clips from text. Until now, if you had to generate samples using ElevenLabs’ AI-powered voice libraries, you had to rely on its web app. Now, you can use its mobile app to
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Read MoreWispr Flow raises $30M from Menlo Ventures for its AI-powered dictation app
Startups developing voice AI technology and applications are having their moment. Model builders like ElevenLabs and Cartesia have raised millions of dollars in the last few months. Applications such as AI-powered notetaker Granola, and meeting tools Read AI and Fireflies AI have also received investor attention and backing. Continuing the
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