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Wispr AI

Wearable neural interfaces for hands-free computing.

Product Engineer - New Products

Full-Time
$180k - $300k/yr
Mid
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringAI Application Engineering
H1B Sponsorship Available

About the job

Requirements
  • You have taken an ambiguous idea from hypothesis to prototype and user or internal testing.
  • You have explored multiple directions and killed ideas when the evidence did not support them.
  • You have built something that changed how people interact with a computer, or demonstrated unusually strong instincts for new interaction patterns.
  • You have worked closely with researchers or technical collaborators where product needs and model capabilities shaped each other.
  • You have shipped a prototype or product, or can show a rigorous body of experiments and learning even when nothing graduated.
  • You have owned meaningful product direction and implementation when an idea proved promising.
  • You can communicate your work clearly through concrete artifacts, technical or product writing, or demos.
Responsibilities
  • Explore areas such as fast voice actions, computer use, and novel interaction patterns.
  • Develop hypotheses, prototypes, and experiments for your own ideas.
  • Build and evolve a harness for in-house models around human-computer interaction.
  • Improve memory and context retrieval to support different interaction modalities.
  • Partner with the machine learning team to create a bidirectional product-model feedback loop.
  • Test and evaluate ideas, graduate promising ones into product areas, or document why they should be abandoned.
  • Own the direction and implementation of ideas that prove promising, with increasing scope.

About the company

Wispr Flow designs wearable neural interfaces to control devices and access information through thought, rather than screens or manual inputs. The core product is a wearable device that detects neural signals and uses AI to translate them into actionable commands, enabling hands-free interaction with digital systems. Unlike many tech products that rely on screens or voice input, Wispr Flow aims for natural, thought-based control that can be used across consumer electronics and professional settings. The company differentiates itself by targeting everyday consumers with a brain–computer interface approach, exploring software subscriptions and partnerships to extend functionality, and potentially licensing its neural interface technology to others. Its goal is to make information access and device control feel effortless through mind-driven interactions, with applications in fields such as healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing where quick, hands-free operation matters.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$81.6M

Headquarters

South San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • Wispr raised $280 million on August 17, 2026, validating demand and extending runway.
  • The Canto model cut error rates from 30% to under 10%, fixing product quality.
  • Notetaker launched August 5, 2026, expanding Wispr beyond dictation into meetings and workflows.

What critics are saying

  • All transcription stays cloud-based, so privacy backlash and enterprise security reviews remain unresolved in 2026.
  • OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Voice on July 23, 2026, squeezing Wispr's keyboard-to-voice wedge.
  • India supplies 14% of downloads but 2% of revenue, signaling brutal monetization pressure.

What makes Wispr AI unique

  • Wispr Flow works system-wide across Mac, Windows, iPhone, and Android without plugins.
  • Its AI rewrites speech into context-specific prose, not raw transcripts, improving emails, Slack, and code.
  • Android launch and Hinglish support on February 23, 2026 give Wispr rare India-localized voice coverage.

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Benefits

  • Medical, dental & visiion
  • Equity ownership
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Career growth

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

-18%
The Economic Times
May 27th, 2026
Meta axes dozen India roles; Peak XV eyes Wispr Flow's $250M round at $2B valuation

Meta has laid off approximately a dozen employees in India as part of its global restructuring affecting 8,000 roles worldwide. The cuts targeted ad sales, marketing and individual contributor positions across Meta's 400-person India office, with affected staff notified via early morning emails offering four to six months' severance. Peak XV Partners and Activate are in talks to invest in Wispr Flow, a San Francisco-based AI dictation startup, at a $2 billion valuation. Peak XV is discussing a $15 million investment in a round potentially exceeding $250 million, whilst Activate is considering $3–5 million via an SPV. India is already Wispr Flow's second-largest market, contributing 10% of revenue with 60% month-on-month growth. AI is hollowing out procedural roles at Indian global capability centres, particularly in finance and HR functions.

TechCrunch
May 10th, 2026
Wispr Flow bets on India as voice AI's fastest-growing market despite linguistic challenges

Wispr Flow, a Bay Area-based AI voice input startup, is aggressively expanding in India, now its second-largest market by users and revenue. The company recently launched Hinglish support and Android availability to capitalise on India's voice-first habits, though monetisation remains challenging. India accounts for 14% of Wispr Flow's global downloads but only 2% of in-app revenue, according to Sensor Tower data. The startup has introduced India-specific pricing at ₹320 monthly for annual plans and aims to reduce costs to ₹10–20 eventually to reach beyond urban users. The company is experiencing 100% month-over-month growth in India following recent marketing campaigns. Wispr Flow plans to hire 30 employees locally this year and expand multilingual support beyond Hinglish to accommodate India's linguistic complexity.

TechCrunch
Feb 23rd, 2026
Wispr Flow launches Android app with 30% faster dictation, valued at $700M

Wispr Flow has launched its AI-powered dictation app on Android, following releases on Mac, Windows and iOS. The Android version features a floating bubble interface that users can hold to dictate or tap to start and stop recording. The app cleans up filler words and formats text based on context whilst supporting translation in over 100 languages. Wispr Flow has also introduced a new model for Hinglish, combining Hindi and English, targeting users in India who speak in mixed-code. An infrastructure rewrite has made dictation 30% faster across all platforms. Founded by Tanay Kothari, Wispr Flow has raised $81 million in total funding, with its most recent $25 million round in November valuing the company at $700 million. The startup is amongst few AI dictation apps available on Android.

Investors Hangout
Feb 18th, 2026
Wispr raises $12M to launch voice-first productivity tool for Mac users

Wispr has raised $12 million to develop Wispr Flow, a voice-first productivity tool for Apple Mac users designed to replace traditional typing. The software enables natural speech transcription across applications with features including auto-editing, smart formatting, voice commands and support for over 100 languages. CEO Tanay Kothari said the company aims to free users from screens, though questions remain about sustained user adoption beyond early enthusiasm. Notable figures including Superhuman's Rahul Vohra have praised the product as "the best AI product" since ChatGPT. Wispr Flow offers a free basic plan, with Pro and Business tiers starting at $12 monthly. The company faces typical challenges for emerging technology firms in converting initial hype into sustained market penetration and meeting investor expectations.

FinSMEs
Nov 20th, 2025
Wispr Raises $25M in Series A Extension

Wispr, a San Francisco, CA-based voice-to-text AI that turns speech into clear writing in every app, raised $25m in Series A extension