Nuance — founded by three ex-Apple researchers — raises $50M Series A to build audiovisual, emotionally intelligent AI avatars

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Nuance — founded by three ex-Apple researchers — raises $50M Series A to build audiovisual, emotionally intelligent AI avatars

Seattle-based startup Nuance, founded by three ex-Apple researchers, raised $50 million to build a single-system AI that delivers audiovisual, emotionally intelligent conversations and plans a public research preview later this year.

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More: GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, Hoodline, TechBooky

GeekWire / Kurt Schlosser: Nuance Labs raises $50M Series A to build full‑duplex AI that processes and generates real‑time human cues
SiliconANGLE / Mike Wheatley: Nuance Labs raises $50M Series A led by Lightspeed to build human foundation model for smoother AI avatars
Hoodline / Aisha Mahmoud: Nuance Labs raises $50M Series A to build real-time multimodal AI avatars, led by Lightspeed
TechBooky / Paul Balo: Nuance Labs Raises $50M Series A Led by Lightspeed to Build Less-Awkward Real-Time AI Avatars

Comments: Nnamdi Iregbulem, Ryan Snodgrass, Guru Chahal

Nnamdi Iregbulem We at Lightspeed are thrilled to double down and lead Nuance Labs’ $50M Series A raise. Over the past year, AI has become more human-like. Real-time AI products like chat and...

Ryan Snodgrass Congrats to Edward Zhang and Fangchang Ma and the entire Nuance Labs team for pioneering into the future of communication. Capturing and understanding all the subtle cues in...

Guru Chahal We at Lightspeed are thrilled to continue backing Nuance Labs as we lead their $50M Series A raise. At a time when most models were chasing IQ, Fangchang Ma and Edward Zhang...

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