Phonic-1 tops speech-to-speech index ahead of GPT-Live-1 and Grok Voice, $27.5M raised
graceisford · x · 2026-10-30
Speech startup Phonic released Phonic-1, now #1 on Artificial Analysis's Speech to Speech Index, ahead of GPT-Live-1 and Grok Voice. Key points:
- Team of only 10 people
- Trained on real customer calls from day one, targeting agentic voice tasks
- Raised a $27.5M Series A led by First Round, with Lux Capital, Felicis, and Definition participating.
Related event: Phonic Launches Speech-to-Speech Model Phonic-1 with $27.5M Series A(9 posts)→
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