Speko
YC S26 · Active · OpenRouter for Voice AI: one API, every call on the best speech model
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Agentic Data Co.Shared: speech model, conversational aiActiveAI | AI | Active | YCF26 |
 AssemblyAIShared: speech, voice, modelActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS17 |
 Miso LabsShared: voice model, test, infrastructureActiveAI | AI | Active | YCX26 |
 Uplift AIShared: voice model, conversational ai, languageActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS25 |
 Marr LabsShared: voice agent, conversational ai, speechActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW24 |
 Fish Audionot in a program hereShared: speech, voice, modelElsewhereOther | Other | Elsewhere |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kalpa LabsShared: speech model, voice, textActiveOther | Other | Active | YCF25 |
 VocodeShared: conversational ai, voiceAcquiredAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Acquired | YCW23 |
 FlowtelShared: voice agent, infrastructureActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW25 |
 PlayAIShared: voice model, speechAcquiredAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Acquired | YCW23 |
 RoarkShared: voice agent, conversational ai, callActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCW25 |
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Founders
- Beknazar AbdikamalovFounder/CEO
About Speko
Speko is a router for voice models: one API key, and your voice agent runs on the speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech models we measured as best for your language and use case. The measurements are public at benchmarks.speko.ai: we test new models the day they ship and re-route when the numbers change, so you rewrite nothing. We ran this bake-off by hand for four years at previous company, shipping production voice for Fortune 500s.
- YC batch
- S26 · Summer 2026
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 4
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2026
- Checked
- 31m ago
YC tags: Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, Conversational AI
Speko: questions
Which YC batch was Speko in?
Speko was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).
Is Speko still active?
Y Combinator lists Speko as active.
Who founded Speko?
Speko's founders, as listed on its YC page: Beknazar Abdikamalov (Founder/CEO).
Where is Speko based?
Speko lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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