Startups, producing Voice AI technology and applications, have their own moment. Model builders such as eleven labs and Cartisia have raised millions of dollars in the past few months. Applications such as AI -powered notes ticker granola and meeting tools AI and read Fire Flays AI Investors have also received the attention and backing.
Continue to trend, dictation app WISPR Flow It is announced today that he is collecting 30 million in the series A fund from Manlo Ventures with the participation of NEA, 8VC, Opal CEO Kenneth Schlinkar, Pennastrist founder Ivan Sharp, Carta CEO Henry Ward, and Landi’s CEO Flow Crevale. Menlo Ventures Met Cranning, who also supported the company as an angel investor, will join the board. To date, the company has collected 56 million millions.
The founder and CEO of the Startup, Tanai Cothrum, began building a WISPR to create a device, which would allow users to quietly type with words. Earlier, the financial support was for this business.
Last year, the company started focusing on the flow of the WISPR instead of the hardware device.
The company released a MacApp in October 2024, followed by Windows app in March 2025 and after the iOS app earlier this month. Kothari mentioned that since the initial release, VCS has been using this product in Silicon Valley.
The cell said about the interest of investors, “I think every tire One Venture Fund in the valley uses WisPR’s flow for their emails, memo, documents and more. They feel that they are bent over it, and this is one of these products that they use more every day.”
In particular, Greenola also had a similar story to gain a lot of interest from investors as VCS used its products a lot.
Kothari also noted that the beginning would soon make a profit at the current growth rate, and initially, he did not want to raise the money. However, he fears that major tech players who benefit from mass distribution may be a threat to the company. He wanted to rapidly multiply the company’s income and access and decided to take investment.
Met Cranning, CEO of Menlo Ventures, who has been an eager user of the app, said his preliminary dissertation for the flow of the Weiss PR was that with the current set of input methods like keyboards, we are “waiting for our thumbs to see their thoughts.”
He told Tech Crunch, “WisPR Flu is creating an effective way to translate digital ideas and intentions.
User growth and future roadmap
Startup said the app has been increasing its user base for more than 50 months a month. Kothari noted that 40 % of the app users are in the United States, 30 % in Europe, and 30 % in other parts of the world. In addition, more than 30 % of the app users are from a non -technical background.
“More and more people are using AI tools, but still, there is no good interface for people who are not taxes. Chat GPT -style interface is the most common, and it was released three and a half years ago. We are building for all kinds of users so they do not have to write an interface with AI.”
At present, WISPR flow supports dictation in 104 languages. Kothari said 40 % of the diets are in English, and 60 % of them are in the rest of the languages, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Hindi and Mandarin are high language.
The company will use funding to expand its 18 teams team with a role in engineering and go -to -market. It will release an Android app and the company will also release the enterprise users by setting up a wide range of contexts and supporting teams.
Startup is working to make flow in a product that is equivalent to AI -powered assistant that knows more about your personal context and helps you work every day such as sending, taking notice, and determining reminders of everyday tasks. In addition, the company said it was working with some AI hardware partners, without any name, to strengthen the layer of interaction.