Overview
Competitive race in expressive TTS, voice cloning, and voice-as-agent-interface — open-source projects commercializing into enterprise APIs.
Timeline
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2026-07-31: smallest-ai 21M) for enterprise full-duplex-voice agents (2026-07-31-smallest-ai-13m-series-a, enterprise-voice-agents)
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2026-07-28: fish-audio raises $52M seed; challenges elevenlabs-class incumbents (2026-07-28-fish-audio-52m-seed-ai-voice)