Fish Audio Raises $52M Seed, Launches S2.1 Pro Voice Model
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-07-31
AI voice cloning startup Fish Audio announced a $52 million Seed funding round and the public launch of its S2.1 Pro model. In just one year, the company has grown from zero to $21M ARR with over 8 million users.
Key highlights of S2.1 Pro:
- Clones voices 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.
Frontier AI companies including HeyGen and LiveKit already run the model in production.
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