November 25, 2024: PlayAI Secures $21M for Advanced AI Voice Agents - AI voice startup PlayAI raised $21 million in seed funding led by Kindred Ventures to enhance its voice agent platform. PlayAIs custom large language models enable developers to create humanlike voices without training their own models, supporting multiple languages and accents. The updated PlayDialog LLM offers emotional prompting for realistic speech. PlayAI sees strong demand in creating lifelike chatbots for industries like travel and healthcare, aiming to leverage a growing AI voice market projected to quadruple in ten years.
