50 Best Audio Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent audio companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 13,434 companies tracked on Fsome.

13,434
Total Companies
$23.8B
Total Funding
$1.8M
Avg Funding
New York
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
PlayAI
PlayAI is a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices for natural a…
Palo Alto 11 - 50 $23.6M Seed 2024-11-25
2
Retell AI
Retell AI is the AI voice platform that helps corporate call centers automate ca…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $4.7M Seed 2024-04-03
3
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is a social sound platform where anyone can create and share sounds.
Berlin 251 - 500 $542.8M Corporate Round 2020-02-11
4
Pocket FM
Pocket FM creates audio series platforms for long-form audio entertainment.
Bangalore 501 - 1K $212.5M Series D 2024-03-15
5
Quinn
Quinn is the app for audio erotica.
New York 11 - 50 $3.2M Seed 2022-10-25
6
Gradium
Gradium specializing in audio language models for ultra-low latency voice genera…
Paris 1 - 10 $70.0M Seed 2025-12-02
7
Acast
Acast is an audio-on-demand and podcast platform that hosts, monetizes, and dist…
Stockholm 251 - 500 $126.2M Series Unknown 2020-06-15
8
Descript
Descript is a collaborative audio and video editor that transcribes audio to a t…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $100.0M Series C 2022-10-27
9
Riverside
Riverside is an audio-video recording platform for broadcast media and podcasts.
Tel Aviv 51 - 100 $77.0M Series C 2024-12-09
10
Canela Media
Canela Media operates as a digital media company.
New York 101 - 250 $45.0M Series A 2022-02-24
11
Mirelo AI
Mirelo AI offers AI-driven tools that generate custom sound effects and music to…
T├╝bingen 1 - 10 $41.0M Seed 2025-12-15
12
xMEMS
xMEMS designs solutions and applications by integrating smart methodologies for …
Santa Clara 101 - 250 $36.0M Series D 2025-10-30
13
Modulate
We are a Boston-based startup using AI and audio technologies to create safer & …
Somerville 11 - 50 $36.0M Series A 2022-08-16
14
LANDR
LANDR is a platform where music makers can create, master, and distribute their …
Montréal 101 - 250 $41.7M Series B 2022-03-01
15
boAt
boAt is a homegrown earwear audio-tech brand that offers well-designed, aspirati…
Gurgaon 501 - 1K $177.0M Undisclosed 2024-02-01
16
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope is an audio company that delivers adventure and thrilling true stor…
New York 1 - 10 $8.6M Series A 2025-07-14
17
David AI
David AI supplies audio datasets and associated services for speech, multilingua…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $80.5M Series B 2025-10-08
18
Subtle Computing
Subtle Computing, a voice-first computing company, invented subtle voice technol…
Palo Alto 1 - 10 $6.0M Seed 2025-11-06
19
Omaha Productions
Omaha Productions is an entertainment company that focuses on creating media con…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $90.0M Series B 2025-03-27
20
Yoto
Yoto is a screen-free audio platform for kids, fostering imagination and indepen…
London 101 - 250 $58.5M Non Equity Assistance 2026-03-19
21
Noctal
Noctal is a SaaS company building the future of sound design.
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $1.8M Seed 2024-12-02
22
Spotify
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital…
Stockholm 5K - 10K $2.1B Post Ipo Equity 2023-02-10
23
MURF.AI
Murf AI is a synthetic speech technology startup developing lifelike AI voices f…
Salt Lake City 101 - 250 $11.5M Series A 2022-09-20
24
Resemble AI
Resemble AI creates custom voices using proprietary deep-learning models that ca…
Mountain View 11 - 50 $25.0M Series Unknown 2025-12-07
25
DSP Concepts
DSP Concepts is an embedded audio software company that offers the Audio Weaver …
Santa Clara 101 - 250 $52.5M Series C 2022-01-26
26
LISNR
LISNR enables secure and seamless data transmission using the most advanced ultr…
Oakland 11 - 50 $30.8M Non Equity Assistance 2020-09-22
27
EngineEars
EngineEars operates as a marketplace for audio engineers.
Los Angeles 1K - 5K $8.5M Seed 2024-02-20
28
Ollang
Ollang is an agentic AI platform that unifies fragmented localization tools and …
San Francisco 1 - 10 $1.6M Seed 2023-03-24
29
Audfly Technology
Audfly Technology provides acoustics innovation and sound environmental protecti…
Suzhou 51 - 100 $17.1M Series D 2026-03-02
30
Colossyan
Colossyan specializes in AI video for workplace learning, empowering users to ge…
Wilmington 51 - 100 $28.2M Series A 2024-02-06
31
Symphonic Distribution
Symphonic Distribution is a digital music distribution company that provides a w…
Tampa 101 - 250 $41.0M Series B 2022-01-03
32
Pratilipi
Pratilipi is a language storytelling platform that brings readers, writers, and …
Bengaluru 101 - 250 $101.7M Series E 2025-04-03
33
JusticeText
JusticeText is strengthening the ability of public defenders to analyze this cru…
Irvine 1 - 10 $2.4M Seed 2022-09-06
34
Podimo
Podimo is an open podcast platform that offers a subscription service for creato…
Copenhagen 251 - 500 $221.6M Series Unknown 2023-12-21
35
Vox Media
Vox Media is an operator of an online media publishing agency created to influen…
Washington 1K - 5K $407.6M Corporate Round 2023-02-06
36
Gaudio Lab
G'Audio Lab is a VR audio company providing the most immersive and interactive p…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $10.5M Series B 2022-08-02
37
USound
USound provides innovative audio system solutions based on highly scalable MEMS …
Graz 51 - 100 $89.9M Series Unknown 2023-08-03
38
Music AI
Music AI is a software development company that provides artificial intelligence…
Salt Lake City 51 - 100 $58.6M Series A 2025-01-22
39
100ms
100ms is a live-video infrastructure startup that allows developers to build and…
Fremont 11 - 50 $24.5M Series A 2022-03-10
40
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[untitled] supports and enhances the creative process of musicians.
Brooklyn 1 - 10 $4.6M Series A 2024-10-31
41
Morfeu AI
Morfeu AI uses generative AI to simplify video creation, enabling anyone to turn…
New York 11 - 50 $200K Pre Seed 2025-08-22
42
Sonos
Sonos is a wireless multi-room music system that enables users to play music any…
Santa Barbara 1K - 5K $455.1M Secondary Market 2018-07-12
43
Devialet
Devialet is an audio tech company that offers solutions ranging from ADH intelli…
Paris 251 - 500 $226.9M Series Unknown 2024-11-27
44
Kuku FM
Kuku FM is a vernacular podcasting platform that creates and distributes exclusi…
Mumbai 101 - 250 $155.9M Undisclosed 2026-03-30
45
Bang & Olufsen
Bang & Olufsen provides different range of audio, video, and multimedia products…
Struer 501 - 1K $78.0M Post Ipo Debt 2025-05-21
46
deepdub
Deepdub provides an AI-based dubbing service for entertainment content.
Tel Aviv-yafo 11 - 50 $20.0M Series A 2022-02-10
47
JioSaavn
JioSaavn is a music streaming application.
New City 101 - 250 $131.6M Corporate Round 2019-09-11
48
Beckett Collectibles
Beckett sets the standard for collectible pricing and sports card grading.
Dallas 101 - 250 $235.0M Private Equity 2023-02-28
49
Billboard
Billboard is a Chinese music broadcasting platform.
Guangzhou 11 - 50 $435K Angel 2017-03-03
50
Native Instruments
Native Instruments is a leading manufacturer of software and hardware for comput…
Berlin 251 - 500 $59.2M Private Equity 2017-10-19