Panels
Audio Data for AI Labs
Founders
- Aaron WenkFounder/CEO
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
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PinchW25AI Voice Translation for live conversations or mediaShared: audio, speech, voiceActive
UberduckW22Fast, professional content creation with AI audio, image, and video.Shared: audio, speech, voiceInactive
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About Panels
Panels is an audio data platform that delivers high-quality speech datasets from vetted, diverse contributors to power training and evaluation of foundational voice models.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Panels: questions
Which YC batch was Panels in?
Panels was in Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch (S25).
Is Panels still active?
Y Combinator lists Panels as active.
Who founded Panels?
Panels's founders, as listed on its YC page: Aaron Wenk (Founder/CEO).
Where is Panels based?
Panels lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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