Voice AI stories
Investor appetite for AI remains intense as OpenAI's new cash haul lifts its valuation to USD $852 billion and deepens its compute push.
The voice AI company is scaling after fresh funding, as new executives aim to deepen ties with enterprise clients across retail and healthcare.
Backed by USD $34 million, the voice-AI firm is targeting regulated US and European customers as it bolsters its leadership team.
Arrcus plugs its Inference Network Fabric into NVIDIA's AI stack to steer, secure and optimise large-scale, multi-site inference traffic.
RingCentral debuts AIR Pro voice-first AI agents with no-code tools, aiming to move enterprises beyond basic IVR to scalable automation.
Brilliant Labs' Halo glasses will run vision and voice AI on-device via partners Neuphonic and TheStage AI, promising faster, more private wearables.
RingCentral integrates OpenAI's GPT-5.2 to power live AI voice calls, launching new assistants to support customers and employees in real time.
Newo raises USD $25m to grow AI voice agents that answer calls for small businesses, after revenue doubled late 2025 amid rising demand.
Cloudera brings AI inference, analytics and visualisation into customer data centres, promising tighter control over sensitive enterprise data.
Running on standard CPUs, the on-device system could make lifelike avatars practical for games, training and virtual assistants at scale.
Redundant questions could fall as voice AI starts using product images and listing data to tailor sales calls before they begin.
Virtual creators are moving into a bigger commercial arena as a new awards scheme offers USD $90,000 to the best AI personalities.
Docplanner's AI voice agent, built on Twilio tech, has doubled doctor bookings and onboarded 1,300 clinicians in just three days.
Accel and Google's AI Futures Fund have picked five startups for the 2026 Atoms AI Cohort, each offered up to USD $2 million and compute.
LINE Plus launches ActEngine AI, an agent platform automating merchant support and sales, after big gains at Thailand's LINE MAN Wongnai.
Chaty links its AI voice receptionist to ROLLER, letting attractions take bookings, payments and manage calls automatically around the clock.
ConvoZen launches a unified multilingual AI voice stack for India, debuting Akshara and Ragini speech models tuned to real call-centre audio.
Agora and FPT join forces to deliver AI-powered voice, video and messaging for Southeast Asia's banks amid stricter digital regulations.
M2M Data Connect launches AI-powered travel eSIM that buyers can activate in under a minute directly via WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
Ramco launches Chia, a no-code conversational AI agent to orchestrate complex, multi-step service workflows across enterprise systems.
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