Ex-Apple researchers' startup Nuance raises $50M Series A to build more human-like AI voicebots with integrated audio-video processing.
Amount Raised
$50 Million
Round Type
Series A
Investors
Description
Seattle-based Nuance, founded by ex-Apple researchers including Fangchang Ma, has secured $50 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company is developing an all-in-one AI system that processes audio and video input without handovers between separate models, eliminating the typical lag and flat reactions of traditional voicebots. Nuance plans a public research demo before year-end and targets applications in interview prep, presentation skills, language learning, and business use cases like customer service. The company's training approach uses natural recorded conversations rather than web-sourced text data.
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