AudioStack adds Inworld to its voice roster. AudioStack, the agentic audio production platform for media and advertising, has announced Inworld as its newest voice partner, bringing the platform's total roster of voice, music, and sound providers to nineteen. The addition gives customers a wider set of regional and demographic options to draw on from within a single, model-agnostic platform. "Inworld is exactly the kind of partner that makes this platform better, not just bigger. Strong regional coverage, real range across ages - that's the kind of depth we're building toward," said Erik Barraud, CPO at AudioStack. "What stood out with Inworld was the UK accent coverage, paired with a genuinely wide age range across their voices, which gives customers a lot more precision when a brief calls for a specific kind of person, not just a specific kind of sound. That precision matters because voice is personal - the right accent and age in context is often what makes a listener feel like a creative is actually speaking to them, not just at them. That's the kind of connection we want every customer to be able to build." This is one of the quieter benefits of building with AudioStack: the platform keeps expanding, but nothing changes for customers. There's no new contract to sign, no separate integration to build, and no additional setup required when a new partner joins the roster. Customers get more to work with - never more to manage. The partnership gives Inworld a direct route into AudioStack's customer base and its agentic production tools. "Being added as a Voice AI provider puts Inworld voices right where the work happens, and we're glad to be part of it.," said Kylan Gibbs, CEO at Inworld. Inworld's voices are live now on the AudioStack platform. AudioStack said the roster will keep expanding on the same basis - depth and quality over headline count, with regional and demographic range to match, and zero extra work for customers along the way. AudioStack. Quality Audio Fast. AudioStack is the leading enterprise solution for AI audio production. The proprietary technology connects AI-powered media creation forms such as AI script generation, lifelike text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, generative music a... Powered by PressBox

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Tencent Cloud and Inworld AI announce strategic partnership to deliver a one-stop, lifelike, Realtime Voice AI solution. Jun 17, 2026 Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global leading technology company Tencent, today announced a strategic partnership with Inworld AI, a leading voice AI research lab and developer platform for real-time, human-level voice experiences. Through the collaboration, Inworld's top-ranked text-to-speech (TTS) models will be deeply integrated with Tencent Cloud's enterprise-grade global realtime communication infrastructure. Developers can directly select Inworld TTS in the Tencent Real-Time Communication (Tencent RTC) console and SDK to build AI applications with emotionally intelligent, real-time voice experiences delivered over Tencent RTC's low-latency global network. Tencent RTC and Inworld AI Power Enterprise-Grade Realtime Voice AI for Global Customers Inworld AI is widely recognized for powering highly expressive voice AI - for companions, enterprise agents, interactive entertainment, and more - where emotional nuance, timing, and non-verbal cues matter as much as the words themselves. Inworld's TTS stack delivers ultra-realistic, context-aware speech and precise voice cloning with performance ranked #1 by users on the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena. Inworld TTS delivers sub-130ms first-chunk latency, supports over 100 languages, and enables instant cross-lingual conversion within a single generation while preserving a consistent speaker voice. Developers can easily clone voices, design custom voices, control vocal style, and stream natural voice responses. By integrating Tencent RTC technology, developers gain access to an enterprise-grade realtime communication backbone featuring more than 3,200 global nodes, sub-300ms worldwide latency. Advanced capabilities, such as AI noise suppression and weak-network resilience, ensure conversational AI applications run seamlessly across regions, especially in some markets where connectivity and latency challenges are common. As part of this partnership, Tencent RTC and Inworld AI have jointly launched a Conversational AI Demo, showcasing the seamless integration of Inworld TTS with Tencent RTC's real-time communication infrastructure. The demo also features a curated selection of recommended voices tailored to different languages and application scenarios, allowing developers to experience them firsthand. Interested developers and enterprises can experience the demo here: https://trtc.io/demo/homepage/#/inworld Wison Xie, Head of Tencent RTC Product at Tencent Cloud, said, "Production-grade voice AI requires both a capable model and a capable network - neither side can deliver it alone. Inworld has set a new bar for expressive, controllable TTS, and we are proud to bring those voices into Tencent RTC's global real-time communication backbone. This partnership is part of a long-term commitment to give developers a one-stop path from prototype to production, so they can focus on the experience they want to create, not the underlying infrastructure." Kylan Gibbs, CEO at Inworld AI, said, "Tencent Cloud gives developers a powerful platform for integrating enterprise-grade conversational AI into any application. Now, with access to Inworld TTS through Tencent RTC, developers can leverage state-of-the-art tech in their full cloud stack. We're excited to partner with Tencent to push the boundaries of high-quality, broadly accessible voice AI." About Tencent Cloud: Tencent Cloud, one of the world's leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through its extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is its constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation. About Tencent RTC: Tencent RTC provides real-time communication solutions, including audio/video calling, live streaming, and in-game voice. With enterprise-grade security, AI-powered enhancements, and a global network of over 3,200 nodes, Tencent RTC powers mission-critical communication for customers worldwide. About Inworld AI: Inworld is widely recognized for powering highly expressive voice AI - for companions, enterprise agents, interactive entertainment, and more - where emotional nuance, timing, and non-verbal cues matter as much as the words themselves. As a premiere AI research lab building the models and infrastructure for real time AI experiences, Inworld leads with #1-ranked TTS models optimized for human-like expression and sub-200ms latency that feels like a real conversation. Inworld's Realtime API unifies STT, LLM routing, and TTS into a single low-latency voice pipeline trusted by developers building consumer applications, AI companions, and voice agents worldwide.