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Speechly

Acquired · Natural Language Understanding API for Speech that runs on device

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
16signal of 100 · rising 4
  • team of 10Team size · YC's directory+5.4
  • acquiredOutcome · YC, program pages, Acquisitions+4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • 2 programsMore than one program · this site+3

A sum of public facts, not a judgement and not investment advice.

Competitors

AISnips SASShared: language understanding, natural language, speech500 Global 2015United StatesStartup →AIMindeeShared: understanding api, humanYC W21ParisStartup →AIKata.aiShared: human conversation, natural language, understanding500 Global 2015IndonesiaStartup →AIPanelsShared: audio data, speech, highYC S25San FranciscoStartup →AIAcquiredWit.aiShared: natural language, speech, deviceYC W14San FranciscoStartup →OtherMaluubaShared: language understandingStartup →OtherAI21 LabsShared: natural language, understandStartup →
Companies closest to Speechly
Company
Snips SASShared: language understanding, natural language, speech500 Global 2015Not statedAI, Devtools
MindeeShared: understanding api, humanYC W21ActiveAI, Devtools
Kata.aiShared: human conversation, natural language, understanding500 Global 2015Not statedAI
PanelsShared: audio data, speech, highYC S25ActiveAI, Data
Wit.aiShared: natural language, speech, deviceYC W14AcquiredAI, Devtools
Maluubanot in a program hereShared: language understandingElsewhereOther
AI21 Labsnot in a program hereShared: natural language, understandElsewhereOther

Adjacent

AIAssemblyAIShared: speech recognition, understandingYC S17New York CityStartup →AIAcquiredEdwinShared: language understanding, natural language, humanYC W18San FranciscoStartup →AINavana.aiShared: spoken language, natural, enablingAntler 2025IndiaStartup →AIRozieAI JourneyShared: language understanding, natural languagePlug and PlayCanadaStartup →AIDeepgramShared: understand human, understanding, speechYC W16San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Speechly
Company
AssemblyAIShared: speech recognition, understandingYC S17ActiveAI, Devtools
EdwinShared: language understanding, natural language, humanYC W18AcquiredAI
Navana.aiShared: spoken language, natural, enablingAntler 2025Not statedAI
RozieAI JourneyShared: language understanding, natural languagePlug and Play Not statedAI
DeepgramShared: understand human, understanding, speechYC W16ActiveAI, Devtools

Also from W22 in AI

All of W22
AIBeamAI-Native Cloud PlatformYC W22New York CityStartup →AIBotCityObservability and Governance for AI-Generated Python scripts.YC W22CampinasStartup →AIMassdriverInternal developer platform for Terraform, OpenTofu and HelmYC W22Los AngelesStartup →AIMintlifyThe intelligent documentation platformYC W22San FranciscoStartup →AIAcquiredmutable.aiArtificially Intelligent CorporationsYC W22San FranciscoStartup →AIInactivePloomberHeroku for AIYC W22New York CityStartup →
Company
BeamAI-Native Cloud Platformteam of 5hiringActiveAI, Devtools
BotCityObservability and Governance for AI-Generated Python scripts.team of 35ActiveAI, Devtools
MassdriverInternal developer platform for Terraform, OpenTofu and Helmteam of 4ActiveAI, Devtools
MintlifyThe intelligent documentation platformteam of 752 programsActiveAI, Devtools
mutable.aiArtificially Intelligent Corporationsteam of 7acquiredAcquiredAI, Devtools
PloomberHeroku for AIteam of 7InactiveAI, Data, Devtools

Programs

Programs Speechly went through
ProgramCohortSource
Y CombinatorW22YC Page
Seedcamp2018Seedcamp Page

About Speechly

Speechly makes it cost efficient to understand human conversations, in real-time. We do this by enabling high-accuracy spoken language understanding processed right on the end user’s device. Hundreds of millions of hours of audio data are generated every single day online. Speechly is the first solution that can affordably turn this audio into actionable insights.

YC batch
W22 · Winter 2022
Status, per YC
Acquired
Category
AI, Developer tools
Team size
10
Location
Helsinki, Finland
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Developer Tools, Speech Recognition, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Speechly in W22: 398 companies, 45% AI

Speechly: questions

Which YC batch was Speechly in?

Speechly was in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch (W22).

Which accelerators did Speechly go through?

Speechly is listed by Y Combinator (W22), Seedcamp (2018).

Is Speechly still active?

Y Combinator lists Speechly as acquired.

Where is Speechly based?

Speechly lists Helsinki, Finland as its location on YC's directory.