Fish Audio raises $50M seed round to expand AI voice model offerings
Fish Audio has raised a $50 million seed funding led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with participation from multiple other venture firms. The startup aims to build advanced AI voice models for both creators and enterprises using its library of over 15,000 natural language controls. Fish Audio's open-source project now boasts more than 31,000 GitHub stars and serves a user base exceeding eight million people. The company has launched five models in the past year, including four speech generation models and one speech-to-text model. While three of its speech generation models are available for free use or via open-source platforms, the latest S2.1 Pro is only accessible through paid APIs. Fish Audio offers monthly plans tailored to creators and teams as well as enterprise solutions used by companies like HeyGen and Plaud. Despite growing traction, Fish Audio faced challenges related to unauthorized voice submissions from users. The company has since automated its DMCA takedown process for faster removal of unconsented voices. However, the issue highlights ongoing concerns around consent and ownership in AI-generated content.
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