Nuance Labs raises $50M Series A to build full‑duplex AI that processes and generates real‑time human cues — Seattle Flow

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Nuance Labs raises $50M Series A to build full‑duplex AI that processes and generates real‑time human cues

Seattle-based Nuance Labs, founded in early 2025 by former Apple PhD researchers Fangchang Ma, Edward Zhang, and Karren Yang, raised $50 million in Series A to build a single "full-duplex" foundation model that simultaneously processes and generates real-time conversational cues from live audiovisual signals. The startup aims to create AI avatars that respond with human-like facial expressions, tone, and timing to enable more natural, in-the-moment interactions.

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More: SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, Hoodline, TechBooky

SiliconANGLE / Mike Wheatley: Nuance Labs raises $50M Series A led by Lightspeed to build human foundation model for smoother AI avatars
Business Insider / Shubhangi Goel: Nuance — founded by three ex-Apple researchers — raises $50M Series A to build audiovisual, emotionally intelligent 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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