Sanas Raises $32M for Breakthrough AI Technology for Real-Time Accent Translation
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PALO ALTO, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanas, the world's first real-time accent translation technology company, today announced a $32 million Series A, the largest Series A round in history for a speech technology company, led by Insight Partners with participation from GV, Assurant Ventures and angel investor Gokul Rajaram. Existing investors Human Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital and DN Capital also participated in the round. Alorica, one of the largest BPOs in the world, has announced a strategic partnership with Sanas to take this groundbreaking technology to their 100,000 employees and 250 enterprise customers across the globe.
Key Points:
- Sanas' accent translation technology allows for deeper personal choice when it comes to people's voices, can help increase foreign language fluency and addresses communication challenges between global teams and customers.
- "Now, anyone can sound local on a global scale in different languages and regions highlighting a breakthrough for multinational enterprises.
- "Insight Partners is thrilled to deepen its relationship with Sanas on such cutting-edge and transformative technology," said Bell.
- Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Sanas' members and advisors include some of the top speech machine learning scientists in the world.