Fish Audio raises $50M seed for AI voice models
Fish Audio, a startup based in Palo Alto and founded by ex-NVIDIA researcher Shijia Liao, has successfully secured $50 million in seed funding, led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with additional investments from multiple firms including 359 Capital and Parable. Since its inception in the previous year, the company has grown its user base to over 8 million, boasting an annual recurring revenue of $21 million, fueled by a vast collection of over 15,000 AI voice generation options. Looking ahead, Fish Audio plans to launch new models focused on audio comprehension and speech conversion this year.
Key facts
- Fish Audio raised $50 million in a seed round led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today.
- The startup has over 8 million users and $21 million in annual recurring revenue.
- Founded by former NVIDIA researcher Shijia Liao.
- Offers a library of more than 15,000 natural language controls.
- Released five models in the last year; three open-sourced, one paid API (S2.1 Pro).
- Clients include HeyGen, Sanas, and Plaud.
- Automated takedown process for unauthorized voice uploads in under 3 minutes.
- Plans to release an audio understanding model and a speech-to-speech model this year.
Entities
Artists
- Shijia Liao
- Rissa Cao
- Oskue Honda
- Rico Mallozzi
Institutions
- Fish Audio
- NVIDIA
- Coreline Ventures
- Capital Today
- 359 Capital
- Parable
- Play Time
- Alphalist Partners
- Bayhouse Ventures
- Carya Venture Partners
- HF0
- HeyGen
- Sanas
- Plaud
- LiveKit
- ElevenLabs
- WellSaid
- Cartesia
- Speechify
- Async
- Krisp
- TechCrunch
Locations
- Palo Alto
- United States