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Nuance Labs raises $50M Series A led by Lightspeed to build human foundation model for smoother AI avatars
Nuance Labs raised $50 million in a Series A led by Lightspeed to build a "human foundation model" that reduces lag and awkwardness in AI avatars by adding emotional intelligence and unifying fragmented voice, language, and animation pipelines. Existing investors Accel and South Park Commons returned, and new backers include Nvidia and Define Ventures.