Fish Audio Raises $52M Seed, Launches S2.1 Pro Voice Cloning Model
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-07-29
Fish Audio has announced a $52 million Seed funding round and the public launch of the S2.1 Pro voice cloning model.
Key Product Capabilities:
- Clones a voice from just 5 seconds of audio.
- 2x faster than Cartesia and 1/6th the cost of ElevenLabs.
- Offers word-level control over emotion, intonation, and pacing for high expressiveness.
Frontier AI companies including HeyGen and LiveKit are already running the model in production. The company promises a free year of service if it fails to cut enterprise voice AI costs by 50%.
Related event: Fish Audio Launches S2.1 Pro Voice Model with $52M Seed Funding(11 posts)→
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