Seattle's Hiya Acquires Barcelona Deepfake Startup Loccus.ai and Launches Voice-Cloning Detection Tool

Seattle startup Hiya acquired Barcelona-based deepfake detection firm Loccus.ai and launched Hiya AI Voice Detection, a tool that detects AI-generated voices from 1.5 seconds of audio in multiple languages. Hiya aims to combat growing AI deepfake and robocall fraud amid rising consumer exposure to these threats.