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| 04.08.2026 | Deals Digest: 3one4 Capital backs Smallest.ai; UAE's Bundle raises $5.5m | - |
| 31.07.2026 | Smallest.ai Accelerates Voice AI Future with $13M Funding, Unveiling Hydra | Smallest.ai just raised $13M in Series A funding. Total investment now exceeds $21M. Seligman Ventures led the round. The capital propels its cutting-edge enterprise voice AI. Smallest.ai debuted "Hydra" and "Voice 4.0."... |
| 31.07.2026 | Smallest.ai Raises $21 Million In Funding To Build Voice 4.0, The Next Generation Of Enterprise Voice AI | Smallest.ai has surpassed $21 million in total funding following the close of a $13 million Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from Sierra Ventures and 3one4 Capital. The company is a San Francisco-based foundational AI r... |
| 31.07.2026 | Offscript Worldwide Receives Investment From Essence Ventures | Offscript Worldwide, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a creator-owned ecosystem connecting brands and platforms across media, music, sports, gaming, and creator networks, received a strategic minority investment from Essence Ventures.
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| 31.07.2026 | Smallest.ai Raises $13M in Series A Funding | Smallest.ai, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of real-time voice AI infrastructure for enterprises, raised $13M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Seligman Ventures with participation from Sierra Ventures and 3one4 Capital.
The rai... |
| 31.07.2026 | SoundHealth Raises $12.25M in Series A Funding | SoundHealth, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of personalized, AI-enabled non-invasive medical and wellness devices for breathing and sleep disorders, raised $12.25M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Shangbay Capital.
The company ... |
| 30.07.2026 | Smallest.ai raises $13M to accelerate the development of its asynchronous voice AI architecture | The momentum behind voice artificial intelligence is accelerating with Smallest.ai becoming the latest startup in this emerging niche to secure more funding. Officially known as Smallest Inc., it said today it has closed on a $13 million Se... |
| 24.07.2026 | Smallest.ai's TTS Ranked the Top Real-Time Voice for Hindi Customer Support | Human listeners ranked Lightning TTS first among real-time models on Voice Arena, ahead of ElevenLabs, Cartesia and Sarvam.
Most voice models still treat Hindi as an extension of English. You hear it in the pronunciation and rhythm. We buil... |
| 07.07.2026 | OpenAI Realtime API Cuts Voice Agent Latency 25%, Adds Reasoning Mini Model | By Richard L. Wells
Published: Jul 07 2026, 1:12 PM EDT
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| 30.06.2026 | 3one4 Capital launches $15 million fund to support overlooked sectors, women founders | Synopsis
Known as the IIDEA Fund, this will be managed by 3one4 Capital with support from BII to back founders in sectors like energy transition, agriculture, health, deeptech, and manufacturing.
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| 31.10.2025 | Названы самые перспективные стартапы мира. «Инк» узнал что они создают | Всему миру известны компании, некоторые из которых стартовали из гаража или студенческой комнаты. С развитием искусственного интеллекта тысячи стартапов регулярно борются за место под солнцем (и за инвестиции). Одна из возможностей получить... |
| 28.10.2025 | Smallest.ai, Cybrilla, Arthos, Ticket9 collect early-stage cheques | Credit: 123RF.com
Voice AI platform Smallest.ai, fintech infrastructure startup Cybrilla, event management platform Ticket9, and wealth advisory firm Arthos have secured funding in separate early-stage rounds from venture capital firms, fa... |
| 28.10.2025 | Sierra Ventures Leads USD 8 Mn Round in Voice AI Firm Smallest.ai 3one4 Capital and Better Capital also participated in the seed round. | San Francisco-based enterprise Voice AI platform Smallest.ai has secured USD 8 million in seed funding, led by Sierra Ventures with participation from 3one4 Capital and Better Capital.
The funding will help the company expand its presence a... |
| 13.10.2025 | smallest.ai Raises $8 Mn To Build Enterprise-Grade Voice AI | SUMMARY
smallest.ai’s seed round was led by Sierra Ventures and saw participation from 3one4 Capital, Better Capital, among other investors
Founded in 2023 by Sudarshan Kamath and Akshat Mandloi, the startup is building foundational AI mode... |
| 11.10.2025 | AWS' 2025 GenAI Accelerator Selects Hyperbots Inc. From India Hyperbots is among the 3 startups, including Smallest AI and Stimuler from India, and 40 globally selected for the AWS program. | Hyperbots Inc., a MoE Agentic AI platform for finance and accounting, has been selected for the third cohort of the AWS Generative AI Accelerator.
The program, launched by Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), aims to identify top startups lever... |
| 09.10.2025 | AWS Selects 40 Startups for 2025 Generative AI Accelerator | Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the selection of 40 startups for its 2025 Generative AI Accelerator (GAIA) program. This initiative aims to support early-stage companies developing innovative generative AI solutions. The eight-week ... |
| 09.10.2025 | Exclusive: Voice AI developer Smallest.ai nabs $8M investment
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| 06.03.2025 | Smallest.ai: Disrupting Speech AI with Cost-Effective Innovation | Created by Carl Williams
Updated: Mar 06 2025, 00:31 AM EST
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| 06.03.2025 | Smallest AI in talks to raise $10-15 million at $50-60 million valuation | ETtech
Smallest.ai, an AI startup working in voice model, is looking to raise $10-15 million at a valuation of $50-60 million, three sources aware of the development told ET.
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| 28.02.2025 | AI startup normalises hiring college dropouts without resume, degree: ’Brilliance can come from anywhere’ | Job opportunies get next level creative as an AI-startup is ready to ₹40 lakh package without any resume or best college tag, but a ‘small 100-word text describe yourself’ and links to best works. And as the post went viral, the startup fou... |
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| - | SaaS startup Smallest.ai secures $8M in seed funding led by Sierra Ventures | Smallest.ai has raised $8 million in a seed funding round led by Sierra Ventures, with participation from 3one4 Capital and Better Capital.
The full-stack enterprise voice AI platform will use the fresh capital to accelerate its global expa... |