Wispr Raises $12M and Launches Wispr Flow to Replace Keyboards With Voice
2024年9月30日 - 9:01PM
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Voice dictation that works in every app on your
Mac with auto-edits and AI commands
Wispr, the company building a more natural way to interact with
technology, today announced a new $12 million investment that will
help fuel the launch of Wispr Flow, a voice-first productivity
tool. Built for Apple Macs, Wispr Flow allows users to speak
naturally and see their words come to life—clear, concise, and up
to 3x faster than typing. The investment was led by Matt Kraning,
CTO, Cortex at Palo Alto Networks with participation from existing
investors NEA and 8VC, along with Tim Junio (CEO, Expanse), and
Alumni Ventures. Wispr’s total funding to date is $26 million.
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Wispr Flow allows users to speak
naturally and see their words come to life—clear, concise, and up
to 3x faster than typing. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Wispr Flow is designed to transform the way people communicate
and write,” said Tanay Kothari, CEO and Founder at Wispr. “With
advanced features like auto-edits, command mode, and support for
over 100 languages, Wispr Flow empowers users to be more productive
and creative with their voice and time.”
The product was created by Kothari and co-founder, Sahaj Garg,
after a growing frustration of having a volume of ideas and
messages that could be shared aloud while speaking faster than they
were able to structure into a text, email or written brief. Whether
it be busy professionals, individual content creators or
developers, the opportunity to turbocharge productivity with voice
is significant. The funding will be used to launch Wispr Flow
across additional platforms and bring to millions of users
worldwide.
Kothari shared, “Our goal is simple: to empower effortless
communication, reducing the hours spent hunched over a screen.
We’re setting people free from the constraints of a keyboard, and
allowing them to focus on their top priorities.”
Key Features of Wispr Flow:
- Blazing Fast Dictation: Speak naturally and see your
words appear instantly in your preferred style, across every
application, powered by Flow’s ultra-fast inference engine.
- Auto-edits when you change your mind: “Hey let's meet at
5pm, actually let's do 6pm” automatically becomes, “Hey, let's meet
at 6pm.”
- Smart Formatting: Automatically structure your text for
clarity and readability.
- Command Mode for selected text: Say commands like “Flow,
make this crisper and more assertive” without copy-pasting into
other tools.
- Native integrations: Select text anywhere and just say:
“Ask perplexity, what does this mean?”
- Whispering mode: Use Flow around others by quietly
whispering to your computer.
- Multi-Language Support: Communicate effectively in over
100 languages.
Rahul Vohra, CEO of Superhuman called Wispr Flow, “The best AI
product I’ve used since ChatGPT.”
“The top tier of users today tell us they ‘write’ more with Flow
than with their keyboards and that we’ve helped them feel less
overwhelmed,” added Kothari. “They went from using Flow for just
emails and messages to using it everywhere on their computer, from
talking to ChatGPT to writing reminders.”
“Tanay and Sahaj are incredible engineers with proven track
records, who possess the talent to build anything they envision,”
said Andrew Schoen, Partner at NEA. “We’re optimistic about the
traction Wispr Flow is already seeing, pre-launch—among business
professionals, developers, engineers, and individuals within
communities such as those affected by ADHD, carpal tunnel syndrome,
amputations and Parkinson's disease—towards enabling seamless
communication and expression of ideas.”
On Sept 30, 2024, Wispr Flow will be available for Mac users
with Apple Silicon, which represents most Macs in use today and
nearly all purchased since 2022. The “Basic Plan” is free to use
and Pro and Business plans start from $12/mo.
To download the app please visit: https://www.flowvoice.ai/
About Wispr:
Founded in 2021, Wispr is building a more natural interface to
interact with technology and bring it to every human on the planet.
Wispr Flow was recently selected to participate in the 2024 AWS
Generative AI accelerator. Wispr is headquartered in San Francisco.
For more information, visit https://flowvoice.ai.
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