Hume AI, a NYC-based startup and research lab building artificial intelligence optimized for human well-being, raised $50M in Series B funding.
The round was led by EQT Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Metaplanet, Northwell Holdings, Comcast Ventures, and LG Technology Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds for continued development of its new emotionally intelligent voice interface that can be built into any application.
Founded by Dr. Alan Cowen, a former Google researcher and scientist known for pioneering semantic space theory, Hume AI has created an advanced API toolkit for measuring human emotional expression that is already used in industries spanning from robotics to customer service, healthcare, health and wellness, user research, and more.
In connection with the fundraise, Hume AI has released a beta version of its flagship product, an Empathic Voice Interface (EVI). The emotionally intelligent conversational AI is trained on data from millions of human interactions to understand when users are finished speaking, predict their preferences, and generate vocal responses optimized for user satisfaction over time. These capabilities will be available to developers with just a few lines of code and can be built into any application.
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27/03/2024