Fish Audio, an AI voice startup, said Tuesday that it has closed a $50 million seed round, according to a report by TechCrunch cited by BlockBeats on July 28. The round was led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with participation from 359 Capital, Parable, Play Time, Alphalist Partners, Bayhouse Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, and HF0. The company began as a small project started by former Nvidia researcher Shijia Liao, who trained an open-source voice generation model on a single GPU after becoming dissatisfied with the lack of expressive synthetic voice technology on the market. Fish Audio said its Fish Speech code repository has now received more than 31,000 GitHub stars and is widely used by independent developers, game designers, and content creators. Over the past year, the startup has launched five models, including four voice generation models and one speech-to-text model. Three of the voice generation models have been open-sourced, while its latest S2.1 Pro model is available only through a paid API. Since launching last year, the company said its open-source and hosted models have attracted more than 8 million users, with annual recurring revenue reaching $21 million.
AI voice startup Fish Audio has completed a $50 million seed round, the company said Tuesday, according to TechCrunch in a report cited by BlockBeats on July 28.
The round was led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today. Participating investors included 359 Capital, Parable, Play Time, Alphalist Partners, Bayhouse Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, and HF0.
Fish Audio started as a small project launched by former Nvidia researcher Shijia Liao. Dissatisfied with the lack of expressive synthetic voice technology in the market, he trained a voice generation model using a single GPU and released it as open source.
The Fish Speech repository has since collected more than 31,000 stars on GitHub and is widely used by independent developers, game designers, and content creators.
Over the past year, Fish Audio has released five models: four voice generation models and one speech-to-text model. The company has open-sourced three of its voice generation models, while its newest S2.1 Pro model is currently offered only through a paid API.
Since launching last year, the startup's open-source and hosted models have attracted more than 8 million users. Its annual recurring revenue, or ARR, now stands at $21 million.
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