Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
PitchBook: AI voice startups raised $7B in Q1 '26, vs. $1B in Q1 '25, as OpenAI and Google bet on voice as the main interface for a new generation of AI agents — OpenAI and Google invest heavily in voice systems as main way to interact with a new generation of AI agents.
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PitchBook: AI voice startups raised $7B in Q1 '26, vs. $1B in Q1 '25, as OpenAI and Google bet on voice as the main interface for a new generation of AI agents (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
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August 6, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: PitchBook: AI voice startups raised $7B in Q1 '26, vs. $1B in Q1 '25, as OpenAI and Google bet on voice as the main interface for a new generation of AI agents — OpenAI and Google invest heavily in voice systems as main way to interact with a new generation of AI agents.
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