Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation
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Wispr secured a $280 million Series B funding round at a $2 billion valuation to expand beyond its AI dictation tool.Summary
AI dictation startup Wispr has raised $280 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures, bringing its valuation to $2 billion and total funding to $361 million. The new capital will support expansion into new sectors, such as meeting transcription notes, amidst growing competition in the voice-to-text market. Alongside the financing, Wispr announced the launch of a new speech understanding model named Canto designed to significantly reduce error rates, as well as new initiatives exploring human-computer interaction.
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