18 August 2026
Wispr raises $280M for speech recognition technology
- Wispr, a voice dictation startup, secured $280 million in funding at a $2 billion valuation.
- The company unveiled Canto, its own speech recognition model designed to work in loud environments.
- Canto is Wispr's first in-house model, built to handle real-world conditions beyond quiet settings.
How it was covered
The Rundown AIRowan Cheung
Voice dictation startup Wispr raised $280M at a $2B valuation, unveiling Canto, its first in-house speech model built for noisy real-world conditions.