50 Best Speech Recognition Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent speech recognition companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 350 companies tracked on Fsome.

350
Total Companies
$8.4B
Total Funding
$24.0M
Avg Funding
San Francisco
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Deepgram
Deepgram provides a voice artificial intelligence platform for speech-to-text, t…
San Francisco $215.9M Series C 2026-01-13
2
Yoodli
Yoodli is an AI-driven learning platform that enhances communication skills usin…
Seattle 11 - 50 $60.7M Series B 2025-12-02
3
SoundHound
SoundHound AI provides voice AI solutions for brands and products.
Santa Clara 501 - 1K $451.0M Post Ipo Debt 2023-04-17
4
HUMAIN
HUMAIN is a global artificial intelligence company delivering full-stack AI capa…
Riyadh 501 - 1K $1.2B Debt Financing 2026-01-21
5
Invoca
Invoca, the recognized leader in conversation intelligence AI for marketing, e-c…
Santa Barbara 251 - 500 $201.5M Series F 2022-06-14
6
Speak
Speak is an AI-powered language learning platform and app that focuses on speaki…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $152.0M Series C 2024-12-10
7
PolyAI
PolyAI develops conversational artificial intelligence software that enables org…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $202.0M Series D 2025-12-15
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
OfOne
OfOne is an AI-powered drive-thru system that helps restaurant operators reduce …
Oakland 1 - 10 $500K Pre Seed 2023-04-05
10
Speechmatics
Speechmatics develops a speech recognition platform that offers accurate speech …
Cambridge 101 - 250 $69.5M Non Equity Assistance 2022-09-22
11
Corti
Corti is an AI company that offers healthcare solutions designed for patient con…
Copenhagen 101 - 250 $93.3M Series B 2023-09-20
12
OmniSpeech
OmniSpeech™ is an innovative software technology company that aims to revolution…
College Park 1 - 10 $2.1M Pre Seed 2025-11-25
13
Exotel
Exotel is a SaaS company with full stack customer engagement, including contact …
Bangalore 501 - 1K $87.3M Debt Financing 2023-05-09
14
Mobvoi
Mobvoi develops technologies in Chinese language speech recognition, natural lan…
Beijing 501 - 1K $264.9M Series Unknown 2024-04-16
15
Hive
Hive provides cloud-based AI solutions for understanding, searching, and generat…
San Francisco 251 - 500 $120.7M Series D 2021-04-21
16
CAMB.AI
Localization AI Infra for the Internet. Use CAMB.AI's proprietary Speech and Tra…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $19.4M Seed 2025-01-16
17
Pindrop
Pindrop uses AI-based IVR authentication and anti-fraud solutions to increase ef…
Atlanta 251 - 500 $323.3M Debt Financing 2024-07-17
18
Volley
Volley builds voice-controlled entertainment experiences for Amazon Alexa, Googl…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $107.3M Series C 2024-07-09
19
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
20
aiOla
AiOla offers a suite of voice powered AI products and services that convert voic…
Herzliya 51 - 100 $58.0M Corporate Round 2025-11-04
21
Replicant
Replicant is a contact center automation software that helps companies automate …
San Francisco 101 - 250 $113.0M Series B 2022-04-25
22
aiXplain
aiXplain is a no-code low-code AI IDE and a marketplace for small and medium ent…
San Jose 11 - 50 $14.5M Seed 2024-07-17
23
Cochl
Cochl is a deep-tech startup making a foundation model for sound AI.
San Francisco 11 - 50 $7.8M Series A 2023-06-01
24
Interactions
Interactions develops award-winning intelligent virtual assistant solutions used…
Franklin 501 - 1K $162.8M Series Unknown 2016-08-09
25
Gridspace
Gridspace makes conversational care readily available by providing superior mach…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $27.6M Series Unknown 2023-12-31
26
Verbit
Verbit is a comprehensive verbal intelligence platform for speech-intensive indu…
New York 501 - 1K $569.0M Secondary Market 2024-05-03
27
Sense
Sense specializes in tracking devices and home automation solutions for its cust…
Cambridge 101 - 250 $174.6M Series C 2022-04-27
28
WIZ.AI
WIZ.AI provides conversational AI platforms and virtual agents that engage custo…
Singapore 251 - 500 $56.0M Series B 2025-11-05
29
Voice AI
Voice AI is an AI audio company offering realistic speech models for personalize…
Santa Monica 11 - 50 $6.0M Seed 2023-05-24
30
Echo Labs
Echo Labs is developing the first artificial intelligence capable of human-level…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $7.7M Pre Seed 2024-01-10
31
Behavioral Signals
Behavioral Signals develops technology to analyze human behavior from voice data…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $7.0M Series Unknown 2022-04-04
32
Rev
Rev is the world’s most accurate speech technology provider
Austin 1K - 5K $30.4M Series D 2017-07-01
33
Velents
AI-powered SaaS platform that automates the hiring process to mitigate the bias …
Riyadh 11 - 50 $1.5M Seed 2025-10-27
34
Skit
Augmented Voice Intelligence Platform that helps businesses modernize their cont…
Bangalore 101 - 250 $28.1M Series B 2021-09-01
35
Hamming AI
Hamming AI is an experimentation platform that helps teams build reliable AI pro…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $4.3M Seed 2024-12-18
36
Aibee
Aibee is an AI startup that develops speech recognition, big data analysis, and …
Beijing 251 - 500 $273.4M Series Unknown 2022-03-18
37
Veritone
Veritone is an AI company that offers machine learning models transforming data …
Irvine 251 - 500 $514.1M Post Ipo Equity 2025-10-16
38
Babel Technology
Babel Technology is an information technology company that focuses on technologi…
Haidian 1 - 10 $21.7M Series A 2025-12-22
39
Iflytek
USTC iFLYTEK Science & Technology focuses on research and development of speech …
Hefei c 10001 max $444.7M Post Ipo Equity 2019-07-17
40
TwinMind
Universal personal memory layer that powers AI actions across all other apps and…
Menlo Park 11 - 50 $5.7M Seed 2025-07-01
41
Aveni
Award-winning AI solutions to transform financial services productivity and comp…
Edinburgh 51 - 100 $19.9M Series A 2024-07-29
42
Observe.AI
Observe.AI builds AI Agents for Customer Service
Redwood City 251 - 500 $214.0M Series C 2022-04-12
43
Origin Speech Therapy
Origin Speech Therapy empowers speech and occupational therapists to launch, man…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $2.8M Seed 2025-12-03
44
Eden AI
A unique API connected to the best AI engines and combined with a powerful manag…
Lyon 11 - 50 $4.7M Seed 2024-11-21
45
Pyannote AI
Pyannote AI provides speaker diarization solutions for accurate voice-to-speaker…
Paris 1 - 10 $8.8M Seed 2025-04-07
46
Ava
Ava develops a live captioning platform that uses AI to transcribe what people s…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $16.3M Series A 2022-03-17
47
ZenML
an extensible, open-source MLOps framework for reproducible ML
Munich 11 - 50 $6.4M Seed 2023-10-23
48
Unisound
Beijing Yunzhisheng Information Technology is a mobile internet startup focused …
Beijing 11 - 50 $361.4M Series D 2025-03-31
49
Convin
Convin is a contact center software that enhances customer interactions using AI…
Bengaluru 101 - 250 $8.9M Series A 2024-08-27
50
TeleTeachers
TeleTeachers operates as a speech-language pathologist.
Chicago 11 - 50 $6.0M Series Unknown 2025-11-14