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Soapbox Labs Receives Funding To Develop Voice Technology Built Intentionally For Spanish Speaking Children

PRIVATEJul 18, 2023

Round Type

Funding Round

DublinArtificial IntelligenceEducationMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingE LearningEdtechLanguage Learning

Investors

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Description

Today, SoapBox Labs, the voice AI company that powers accurate and equity-driven learning experiences for kids, announced new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a Spanish language voice engine to support the needs of millions of young literacy and language learning students across the U.S.

Quick answer

SoapBox Labs raised an undisclosed amount in a Funding Round round, dated July 18, 2023. Investors: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. SoapBox Labs is based in Dublin, California, United States.

How much did SoapBox Labs raise?
SoapBox Labs raised an undisclosed amount in a Funding Round round on July 18, 2023.
Who invested in SoapBox Labs?
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is named as investors in this round.
What does SoapBox Labs do?
SoapBox Labs’ kid-specific voice AI caters to the idiosyncrasies and unique speech patterns of children's speech.
Where is SoapBox Labs based and how big is it?
SoapBox Labs is based in Dublin, California, United States.
Who are the decision-makers at SoapBox Labs?
Fundz holds 1 contact at SoapBox Labs. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Education and Natural Language Processing around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as SoapBox Labs that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Quench.ai raised $5M (Funding Round) on July 24, 2023.
  • Speak raised $16M (Funding Round) on August 31, 2023.
  • BoldVoice raised $2.5M (Seed) on August 3, 2023.
  • Braintrust Tutors raised an undisclosed amount (Seed) on July 19, 2023.
  • Chalk Talk Solutions raised $200K (Seed) on July 18, 2023.
  • Alias Technologies raised an undisclosed amount (Seed) on August 31, 2023.

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Company Information

Company

SoapBox Labs

Location

Dublin, California, United States

About

SoapBox Labs’ kid-specific voice AI caters to the idiosyncrasies and unique speech patterns of children's speech. Education companies like Scholastic, McGraw Hill, Imagine Learning, and Amplify use SoapBox’s technology to voice-enable preK-12 digital screening, practice, intervention and assessment tools in areas like early literacy, oral reading fluency and language development, unlocking more time for classroom instruction and providing teachers with the actionable and real time data they need to better support students to become successful learners. Young students also use SoapBox powered learning tools at home for independent practice and self assessment in subjects like literacy, language learning, and math, building their confidence as they learn. SoapBox's voice AI is proprietary and built from the ground up to empower Prek to K2 children of every accent and stage of development to have immersive and unbiased digital experiences. We are a privacy-first and an equity by design company. In late 2022, SoapBox was the first ever AI company to be awarded a certificate for Prioritizing Racial Bias in AI Design by Digital Promise. By Q1 2023, SoapBox had powered nearly 100 million learning moments for children globally.

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