"Hume AI has invested millions in developing models and tools to hone realistic voice interfaces and to detect emotions in the voices of users. The company trains its models by having experts annotate emotional cues in real conversations. At Google, Cowen and his colleagues will help the tech giant integrate voice and emotion technology into its frontier models, sources say."
"Hume AI expects to bring in $100 million in revenue in 2026 as it works with AI labs on tuning AI models to be more capable and useful voice helpers, says John Beadle, cofounder and managing partner of AEGIS Ventures, which invested in Hume AI. So far, the company has raised $74 million in funding."
"Voice is going to become a primary interface for AI, that is absolutely where it's headed, says Andrew Ettinger, an experienced investor and executive who is taking over as the CEO of Hume AI. Ettinger says the company will be releasing its latest models in the coming months."
Google DeepMind hired Hume AI CEO Alan Cowen and roughly seven engineers under a new licensing agreement while financial terms remain confidential. Hume AI will continue supplying its emotionally intelligent voice technology to other frontier AI labs. Hume AI projects $100 million in revenue for 2026 and has raised $74 million to date. The company invested millions to develop realistic voice interfaces and emotion-detection tools and trains models by having experts annotate emotional cues in real conversations. Andrew Ettinger will take over as Hume AI CEO; the company plans to release new models in the coming months.
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