Startup · United States
Hume
HQ New YorkFounded 202111-50 employeesUpdated
Real human ratings, in a single API call.
Funding3 rounds · $72.8M
- Equity raised
- $72.8M
- Latest
- $50.0MSeries B · Mar 25, 2024
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2024 | Series B | $50.0M | — | EQT Ventures | — | Reported |
| Jan 26, 2023 | Series A | $17.8M | — | Union Square Ventures | — | Reported |
| Mar 22, 2021 | Seed | $5.0M | — | — | — | Reported |
- Series BLed by EQT Ventures$50.0MMar 25, 2024
- Series ALed by Union Square Ventures$17.8MJan 26, 2023
- Seed$5.0MMar 22, 2021
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems3
- Expression APIsAPIs for analyzing vocal, facial and text expression and returning structured measurements.
- Prism EQAudio data processing software for preparing recordings for model research, training and evaluation.
- VoiceEQAn end-to-end platform for evaluating voice AI systems under realistic conditions to identify failures and guide improvement.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
People3
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Alan Cowen · LinkedIn ↗ | CEO |
| Andrew Ettinger | Chief Executive Officer |
| John Beadle | Founding Investor, CFO, and Board Member |
Sources7
Profile2
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "6a5ff910-c8c2-401a-9e92-d5fcc1b0562b"}”
- 2CompanyHume AI - Human Feedback for Voice, Speech, and Conversational AI | Hume AIhume.ai logohume.ai logo
Hume · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Real human ratings, in a single API call. The human evaluation layer for voice, speech, and conversational AI.”
Systems3
- 3
Hume · Supports System
“Expression APIs # Turn human expression into measurements your AI can use. Measure vocal and facial expression to guide live interactions and prepare recordings for evaluation, training, and analysis.”
- 4
Hume · Supports System
“Turn raw recordings into rich data for research and training. Prism EQ is a configurable pipeline for every stage of model development, all in your own cloud.”
- 5
Hume · Supports System
“Hume VoiceEQ Platform # Measure how your voice AI sounds to people. Ship the fix. Measure again. VoiceEQ gives teams one platform to define what good voice performance means, test under realistic conditions, combine automated measurement with human judgment, and understand where models and agents need to improve.”
Funding1
- 6DatabaseHume - LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership, Role
“funding round: Series A, 2023-01-26, USD 17,771,859, lead: Union Square Ventures”
People1
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research.contrary.com · Supports Role
“Hume CEO Alan Cowen on Creating Emotionally Aware AI”
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