YCW22· AI· DevtoolsSpeechly
Natural Language Understanding API for Speech that runs on device
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Competitors
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AssemblyAIS17The best way to build Voice AI appsShared: developer tools, speech recognitionActive
Wit.aiW14Natural Language for Developers --Wit is an API that makes it easy…Shared: developer toolsAcquired
Ocular AIW24Applied AI Data Research Lab Encoding Human Expertise into Machines…Shared: speech recognitionActive
David AIS24Data for audio AIShared: audio, dataActive
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Uplift AIS25Foundational Voice Models for regional languagesShared: speech recognitionActive
BoldVoiceS21Speech and accent coaching app for non-native English speakersShared: speech recognitionActive
SpekoS26OpenRouter for Voice AI: one API, every call on the best speech modelShared: developer toolsActive
SpurS24Spur is your AI QA Engineer. Test your websites with natural language.Shared: developer toolsActive
MindeeW21AI Document Understanding APIShared: developer toolsActive
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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.
Helsinki, Finland
Speechly: questions
Which YC batch was Speechly in?
Speechly was in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch (W22).
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.
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