Companies are racing to automate debt-collection calls with AI, raising new questions for consumers, finance firms, and regulators.

TechCrunch reports AI reconstructed cockpit audio from spectrogram data, prompting the NTSB to review public investigation files.

AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B after Amazon selected its platform to handle Ring customer calls.

TechCrunch reports that AI dictation and voice-computing tools such as Wispr may change office etiquette and work setups.

OpenAI introduced GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper for live voice apps.

Microsoft unveils three proprietary AI models targeting transcription, voice synthesis, and image generation, directly challenging OpenAI and Google.

Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its highest-quality real-time audio and voice model to date, featuring reduced latency, improved emotional tone recognition, and mandatory SynthID watermarking on all AI-generated audio. Search Live simultaneously expands to 200+ countries.

ElevenLabs and IBM announced a collaboration to integrate ElevenLabs' Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text technology into IBM watsonx Orchestrate, enabling enterprises to deploy natural, multilingual voice-enabled AI agents across 70 languages.

Voice AI startup ElevenLabs triples valuation to $11B with Sequoia-led Series D, reaching $330M ARR as it prepares for IPO.

Voice AI leader ElevenLabs secures $500M Series D funding led by Sequoia Capital, reaching $11B valuation with $330M ARR from enterprise adoption.

Voice AI startup ElevenLabs secures $500M in Series D funding at $11B valuation, tripling its value in one year with enterprise adoption surging.

Google DeepMind has hired the CEO and top engineers from Hume AI, a startup specializing in emotionally intelligent voice AI, to enhance the capabilities of its Gemini models and advance voice-based interaction.

Voice AI infrastructure provider LiveKit has secured $100 million in new funding, reaching a $1 billion valuation. The company powers OpenAI's ChatGPT voice features and is expanding its real-time voice and video solutions.