Fish Audio raises $52M and launches open-weight emotive TTS model Drama 3
fekdaoui · x · 2026-10-21
Fish Audio announced a $52M seed round, claiming 15M+ users, and released Drama 3, an open-weight TTS model focused on emotional expressiveness and fine-grained control.
- Capabilities: per-word tone control and mid-sentence voice switching; the company calls it the most emotive and controllable TTS model.
- Open strategy: open-weight release, first month free for enterprises, plus a one-month free promo via comment.
- Marketing gap: an analyst noted Fish Audio runs only 5 live Meta ads versus ElevenLabs' 2,759 (576 new this week), making its ad scaling worth watching.
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