Voice-AI founder launches a new company after two open-weight transcription models
ricklamers · x · 2026-07-24
Ronan McGovern is being highlighted for his track record in voice AI and for launching a new company focused on conversational intelligence.
- The thread says his team recently released two open-weight models: Trelis/Tara, a frontier Hindi and Hinglish transcription model, and Trelis/Tiron, a multi-speaker transcription model that reportedly beats commercial APIs on long meetings.
- He is now starting a new company aimed at seamless, trusted conversational intelligence.
- He says voice will become a much more important primary interface for interacting with technology.
- He is also recruiting for founding-team roles across Evals & Post-training, Infrastructure, and related specialties.
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