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Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
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Marina Temkin
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Smallest.ai has raised $13 million to develop specialized voice AI models designed to mimic human conversation patterns with near-zero latency. The startup aims to replace standard large language models for voice interactions by using smaller, faster models that can listen and speak simultaneously.
While AI agents are increasingly capable of solving customer support problems, most people can still tell immediately when they’re talking to a machine instead of a human.
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