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Kalpa Labs

Active · Scaling Generalist Speech models

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Why it ranks

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9signal of 100 · rising 8
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • team of 3Team size · YC's directory+3.1
  • hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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About Kalpa Labs

We are an audio research lab building steerable voice models. Our conversational models are among the most human-like voice models, ranking ahead of ElevenLabs and Cartesia on Design Arena's AudioRealismBench, and have access to the whole conversation history to deliver the most natural experience over long conversations.

YC batch
F25 · Fall 2025
Status, per YC
Active
Category
Other
Team size
3
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked
7h ago

Changes seen

Team sizeOct 15, 2026

Team went from 2 to 3 people.

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Kalpa Labs: questions

Which YC batch was Kalpa Labs in?

Kalpa Labs was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).

Is Kalpa Labs still active?

Y Combinator lists Kalpa Labs as active.

Where is Kalpa Labs based?

Kalpa Labs lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.