Series B · $50M
$50M Series B.
Media Models · Private company · Deployment
Hume AI
✓ VerifiedHume AI differentiates in voice through research on emotional expression, native speech-language models, and human-grounded evaluation.
New York, USFounded 2021API accessWeekday review target
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Released the Real World VoiceEQ benchmark in July 2026 after open-sourcing the TADA speech-generation system in March.
Focus: Emotionally intelligent speech-language models, expressive voice, and voice-model evaluation
Latest funding
$50M
Series B · source-backed
Tracked funding
$50M
Sum of itemized funding events
Latest valuation
Not tracked
No source-backed record
Latest revenue
Not tracked
Deployment lifecycle position
Editorially verified updates
What changed
Released the Real World VoiceEQ benchmark in July 2026 after open-sourcing the TADA speech-generation system in March.
External coverage of Hume AI
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Last checked Oct 20, 2026.
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Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
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Records
1
Sum of recorded funding
$50M
Coverage
partial
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One funding announcement recorded. More dated rounds are needed to show funding over time.
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Series B · $50M
Running tracked total: $50M
#1
Series B · $50M
Running tracked total: $50M
Sources and details for every recorded funding announcement, newest first.
Hume AI ↗ source for Series B $50M
Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
EVI 3Octave 2TADA
Products
EVI APIOctave APIKairosReal World VoiceEQ
Open weights
No
API access
Yes
Review target
Weekday
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Deployment: Production & at scale
Focus
Emotionally intelligent speech-language models, expressive voice, and voice-model evaluation
Signals
SpeechResearchEvaluations
Taxonomy
Open Weight LabsVertical + EnterpriseAudio / speechResearch
Competitive context
ElevenLabsCartesiaDeepgram
Infrastructure & distribution
Where Hume AI sits in the AI stack
01
Model layer
3 tracked model families
02
Access layer
Managed API
03
Market layer
Media Models
Public product surface
EVI APIOctave APIKairosReal World VoiceEQ
Stack signals
Audio / speechResearchSpeechEvaluations
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
Sources and corrections
Primary and public sources used to verify the structured company profile.
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