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| Summary |
Empathic AI company building emotionally intelligent voice and chat interfaces for AI agents and assistants.
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Hume provides Empathic Voice Interface, chat, speech and expression measurement APIs for building AI conversations that detect and respond to emotional signals. A 2026 WIRED report says Google DeepMind licensed Hume technology and hired Hume’s CEO and several engineers, while Hume continues supplying its technology to other firms.
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| Positioning |
Empathic voice and chat AI for emotionally intelligent conversations
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| Key facts |
| HQ location |
New York, NY, USA
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| Founded |
2021
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| Employee range |
11-50
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| Funding stage |
Series B
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| Company type |
Private
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| Pricing model |
subscription, usage based
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| Last updated |
Jun 21, 2026
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| Financials |
| Revenue estimate |
$100M expected 2026 revenue cited by WIRED investor source; company has not publicly reported audited revenue
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| Valuation estimate |
~$219M CB Insights AI 100 valuation estimate; unverified
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| Investments |
$50M Series B announced Mar 2024; ~$74M raised to date cited by WIRED/TechCrunch in 2026
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| Relationships |
| Target customers |
Developers, AI product teams, customer support teams, voice-interface builders
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| Key competitors |
ElevenLabs, Cartesia, Deepgram, OpenAI Realtime, Rime, Vapi
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| Known customers |
Journee; Google DeepMind licensing/customer relationship reported by WIRED; broader customers not comprehensively disclosed
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| Segments & Industries |
| Segments |
AI Workflows, AI Agents, LLM Fine-tuning, AI Developer Tools, LLM Deployment, Traditional ML, AI Governance & Risk, Call Analysis, Chatbots, Voice AI Agents, STT/TTS Infrastructure
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