Waveforms AI

Building AI that feels like talking to a human

San Francisco, United States · Founded 2024 · $40.0M raised

Employees
1–10
Founded
2024
Business Model
B2C
Total Funding
$40.0M
Last Round
$40.0M SeedDec 2024
Rounds
1

About

WaveForms AI is an audio AI company founded in 2024 by former OpenAI researcher Alexis Conneau and Coralie Lemaitre, aiming to build end-to-end audio language models that pass the speech Turing test. The company's technology is designed to understand and replicate not just speech content but emotional nuance, enabling AI voices that feel genuinely human. WaveForms raised $40 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $200 million valuation in December 2024. The company was subsequently acquired by Meta in August 2025 to bolster Meta's audio AI capabilities.

Summary

Waveforms AI is a company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2024. It has raised $40.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $40.0M Seed round in Dec 2024. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz.

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Funding History

SeedSeed RoundDec 2024
$40.0M

Investors