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## Voice AI startup Modulate raises $25M to bring audio-native models to more developers

DevFeed: [Voice AI startup Modulate raises $25M to bring audio-native models to more developers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/voice-ai-startup-modulate-raises-25m-to-bring-audio-native-models-to-more-developers-61066.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/28/voice-ai-startup-modulate-raises-25m-to-bring-audio-native-models-to-more-developers/>)

Author: Duncan Riley

Published: 2026-09-28T14:30:51Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [SiliconANGLE](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/siliconangle.md>)

Topics: [voice ai](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/voice-ai.md>), [livekit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/livekit.md>), [Conversational AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/conversational-ai.md>), [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>), [open-llm-leaderboard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-llm-leaderboard.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [audio-native-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audio-native-ai.md>), [carter-huffman](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/carter-huffman.md>), [deepfake](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deepfake.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [ensemble-listening-model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ensemble-listening-model.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [future-ventures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/future-ventures.md>), [hugging-face](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugging-face.md>), [hyperplane](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hyperplane.md>), [lakestar](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lakestar.md>), [leaderboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leaderboard.md>), [massachusetts-institute-of-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/massachusetts-institute-of-technology.md>), [mike-pappas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mike-pappas.md>), [modulate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modulate.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [open-asr-leaderboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-asr-leaderboard.md>), [speech-deepfake-arena](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speech-deepfake-arena.md>), [steve-jurvetson](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/steve-jurvetson.md>), [the-latest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-latest.md>), [transcription](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transcription.md>), [trust-and-safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust-and-safety.md>), [velma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/velma.md>), [velma-deepfake-detect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/velma-deepfake-detect.md>), [voice-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/voice-agents.md>), [voice-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/voice-ai.md>)

### AI overview

Voice AI startup Modulate raised $25 million to expand access to its audio-native models, which analyze conversation signals such as emotion, intent, and possible deepfakes. Its Velma platform combines specialized models for uses including fraud detection, voice-agent monitoring, and moderation. The company plans new SDKs, APIs, industry-specific models, and hiring in research, engineering, and developer relations.

### Source excerpt

Voice artificial intelligence startup Modulate Inc. today announced it has raised $25 million in new funding to get its audio-native models in front of more developers. Modulate offers AI models that work on the raw audio of a conversation. Emotion, tone and intent all register as signals, as do signs that a voice is a [...] The post Voice AI startup Modulate raises $25M to bring audio-native models to more developers appeared first on SiliconANGLE.