Full-Time
Posted on 9/16/2025
AI voice generation platform for text-to-speech
$135k - $165k/yr
Remote in USA
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WellSaid Labs provides an AI voice generation platform that converts written text into high-quality voiceovers in seconds, helping businesses create engaging content and improve customer experiences. Users input text and choose from a library of AI-generated voices, then the platform renders natural-sounding voiceovers quickly. The service is accessible through a subscription model with multiple pricing tiers, and offers a free trial or demo to explore capabilities. WellSaid Labs differentiates itself by offering a user-friendly interface, a variety of realistic voices, and advanced speech synthesis that can capture natural speech patterns, enabling consistent and compelling voiceovers for global brands, publishers, and companies across industries. Its goal is to enable faster, more cost-effective voiceover production to enhance customer engagement and brand presence, positioning the company as a leader in AI voice technology.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$10M
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founded
2018
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WellSaid, an enterprise voice AI company, has closed a venture debt round with Multiplier Capital. The financing supports a growth strategy focused on capital efficiency and control rather than equity dilution. The Seattle-based company owns its AI models, datasets and customer applications, achieving high gross margins whilst serving enterprise clients including Microsoft, T-Mobile, Progressive, Humana and ServiceNow. WellSaid holds patent-protected intellectual property in AI voice generation. The company builds voice models through consent-based partnerships with professional voice actors, providing guaranteed commercial rights and removing IP liability for customers. WellSaid has maintained focus on studio-quality voice production for enterprise teams, rather than expanding into conversational agents or consumer markets. Multiplier Capital cited WellSaid's mission-critical technology and category-defining position as key factors in the investment decision.
GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter , and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and venture capital directory .Brian Cook joined Kirkland-based WellSaid Labs a year ago as CEO. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)A new AI model from WellSaid Labs will let users guide the emotions, pitch, and pace of AI-generated voice clips in the same way as a human director would coach a voice actor to produce a desired result.The Kirkland, Wash.-based company announced the new model, dubbed Caruso, Wednesday morning in advance of its upcoming launch. Other features include faster audio rendering and improved pronunciation.The idea is to generate AI voices that “say it right the first time, drastically reducing the time and effort that goes into re-rendering audio clips,” said Brian Cook, the company’s CEO, in a post announcing the new model.Originally spun out of Seattle’s AI2 Incubator, WellSaid raised a $10 million Series A round in 2021 led by Fuse. The company focuses on the enterprise AI voice market, with practices and policies designed to encourage safe and ethical AI usage, seeking to distinguish itself in the AI voice market.Cook, the former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, joined WellSaid as CEO a year ago. Matt Hocking is the company’s co-founder and executive chairman
WellSaid won 2024 Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough award.
Time's almost up! There's only one week left to request an invite to The AI Impact Tour on June 5th. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore various methods for auditing AI models. Find out how you can attend here. After launching tools for text-to-speech and speech-to-speech synthesis, AI voice startup ElevenLabs is moving to the next target. The two-year-old startup founded by former Google and Palantir employees today announced the launch of a new text-to-sound AI offering called Sound Effects.Available starting today on the ElevenLabs website, Sound Effects uses the startup’s in-house foundation model and allows creators to generate different types of audio samples by simply typing a description of their imagined sound. The company first teased the tool in February with a post featuring Sora-generated clips, albeit enhanced with AI sound effects.ElevenLabs partnered with Shutterstock to bring this product to life and expects to see adoption from creators across domains who are looking to enhance their content with immersive soundscapes
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