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Voice AI News — Jun 15–22, 2026
Salesforce buys Fin for $3.6B, Bland raises $50M, Sarvam unicorn, Google's new speaker, UnitedHealth's $3B AI bet, and more voice AI this week.
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Everything happening in voice AI — news, announcements, and the people building it.
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Google News - Voice AI·Assort Health secures US$120m funding for voice AI agent platform - Health Tech WorldGoogle News - Voice AI·AI Voice Cloning Is Here — And It's Coming For Real Estate Closings - Inman Real Estate NewsVentureBeat AI·Liquid AI's smallest model yet LFM2.5-230M beats models 4X its size at data extraction, can run 'anywhere'Google News - Voice AI·Child Actor AI Voice Outcry Drags ‘Peppa Pig’ into the Mud - Animation MagazineGoogle News - Voice AI·Hasbro Tries To Force Child Actors Into Signing AI Voice Contracts - KotakuGoogle News - Voice AI·How AI Voice Enhancement Is Transforming Modern Audio Quality Standards - nerdbotGoogle News - Voice AI·Hasbro Faces Backlash Over Peppa Pig AI Voice Clauses - Let's Data ScienceGoogle News - Voice AI·WeSpeak reaches $1M in revenue and announces its new AI voice feature - Travel2LatamGoogle News - Voice AI·Peppa Pig Owner Hasbro Faces Backlash After Reportedly Trying to Force Child Actors to Sign Away AI Voice Rights - IGNGoogle News - Voice AI·Voice AI finds its voice in the restaurant industry - SmartBriefGoogle News - Voice AI·Coval Raises $28 Million Series A To Advance Voice AI Evaluation Platform - Pulse 2.0Google News - Voice AI·The Reality of Voice AI in the Contact Centre: From Pilot to Production - CX TodayGoogle News - Voice AI·Synthflow AI & Avant strike exclusive voice AI deal - IT Brief UKGoogle News - Voice AI·Attention Labs Launches SAA, the Engagement Control Layer That Lets Voice AI Know When It Is Being Addressed - EIN NewsGoogle News - Voice AI·Assort Health scores $120M series C to scale voice AI agent platform for healthcare - Fierce HealthcareGoogle News - Voice AI·Deepgram on Voice AI Infrastructure and the Road to Production-Grade Agents, Podcast - Telecom Reseller / Technology Reseller NewsVentureBeat AI·How Shopify built an AI stack that doesn't care which models surviveGoogle News - Voice AI·Five9 Launches Breakthrough New Release of Voice AI Agents - Directors Club News -Google News - Voice AI·Human Oversight Becomes Central to Five9’s New Voice AI Strategy at CCW - CX TodayGoogle News - Voice AI·Kotoba Technologies raises $10M for real-time voice AI platform in East Asia - GamesBeatGoogle News - Voice AI·Kotoba Technologies Raises $10 Million in Seed Funding to Expand Real-Time Voice AI Platform Across East Asia - Voice of AlexandriaGoogle News - Voice AI·Kotoba Technologies Raises $10 Million in Seed Funding to Expand Real-Time Voice AI Platform Across East Asia - MorningstarGoogle News - Voice AI·Kotoba Technologies Raises $10 Million in Seed Funding to Expand Real-Time Voice AI Platform Across East Asia - Business WireGoogle News - Voice AI·Bland Surpasses $100M Funding With New Series C to Advance Voice AI for Complex, High-Stakes Conversations - AI InsiderGoogle News - Voice AI·Coval Raises $28 Million Series A to Scale Voice AI Testing Infrastructure - citybizGoogle News - Voice AI·Coval raises $28M series A to address AI voice agent reliability, compliance - Fierce HealthcareGoogle News - Voice AI·Tech Exactly Expands AI Capabilities with Voice AI Integration Service for Customer-Facing Operations - GlobeNewswireGoogle News - Voice AI·How AI Voice Cleaning Technology Is Transforming Audio Quality for Creators, Businesses, and Everyday Users - vocal.mediaGoogle News - Voice AI·Ex-Waymo engineer secures $28M from Norwest to bring autonomous vehicle testing to voice AI - Tech Funding NewsGoogle News - Voice AI·New Report - Voice AI in Specialty Patient Access: How Specialty Leaders Should Evaluate Solutions, Avoid Pitfalls, and Select the Right Partner - PR NewswireGoogle News - Voice AI·IBM and ElevenLabs: Enterprise AI Finds its Voice - AI MagazineGoogle News - Voice AI·Sir Michael Caine’s AI Voice Narrates THE ODYSSEY — But Do We Like It? - MovieguideGoogle News - Voice AI·Private Voice AI introduced to better protect your audio - radioinfoGoogle News - Voice AI·Beyond Dashboards: Why Voice AI Could Become the Operating System for Enterprise Work - CXO DigitalpulseGoogle News - Voice AI·Is Five9's New Voice AI Agent Studio Reframing Its Long-Term Moat In Contact Centers (FIVN)? - simplywall.stGoogle News - Voice AI·Is Five9's New Voice AI Agent Studio Reframing Its Long-Term Moat In Contact Centers (FIVN)? - simplywall.stGoogle News - Voice AI·Is Five9's New Voice AI Agent Studio Reframing Its Long-Term Moat In Contact Centers (FIVN)? - simplywall.stGoogle News - Voice AI·Michael Caine's AI Voice Stars in New Audiobook of 'The Odyssey' Available Free - Yahoo News UKGoogle News - Voice AI·Michael Caine’s AI voice narrates new ‘Odyssey’ audiobook ahead of Nolan film - San Francisco ChronicleGoogle News - Voice AI·Five9 (FIVN) Unveils Innovative Voice AI Agents for Enhanced Cus - GuruFocusGoogle News - Voice AI·SAP Unveils AI Voice Intelligence App for Esports Team Liquid - Seoul Economic DailyGoogle News - Voice AI·Five9 (FIVN) Unveils Innovative Voice AI Agents for Enhanced Cus - GuruFocusVentureBeat AI·Anthropic launches Claude Tag, replacing its Slack app with a persistent AI teammate that learns, monitors and works autonomouslyGoogle News - Voice AI·Five9 Launches Breakthrough New Release Of Voice AI Agents To Power The Next Generation Of Agentic Self Service - marketscreener.comGoogle News - Voice AI·Five9 Launches Voice AI Agents for Contact Centers - Let's Data ScienceGoogle News - Voice AI·Voices for Customer Experience Brings Purpose-Built AI Voice to Customer Service Automation Platforms - The Batesville Daily GuardGoogle News - Voice AI·Voices for Customer Experience Brings Purpose-Built AI Voice to Customer Service Automation Platforms - Weatherford DemocratGoogle News - Voice AI·Voices for Customer Experience Brings Purpose-Built AI Voice to Customer Service Automation Platforms - Eagle-TribuneGoogle News - Voice AI·Voices for Customer Experience Brings Purpose-Built AI Voice to Customer Service Automation Platforms - Newswire.comGoogle News - Voice AI·Bolna AI Is Building the Infrastructure for Multilingual Voice AI in India: Prateek Sachan - Indian Startup TimesGoogle News - Voice AI·Five9 Launches Voice AI Agents to Replace Contact Center IVR - CMSWireGoogle News - Voice AI·Five9 Launches Breakthrough New Release of Voice AI Agents to Power the Next Generation of Agentic Self Service - Business WireGoogle News - Voice AI·"This will change every area of your professional life": Plaud AI voice recorders are now in the Prime Day sale - TechRadarGoogle News - Speech Tech·New brain study reveals speech learning works differently than we thought - ScienceDailyGoogle News - Voice AI·Acoustic Simulation Technology Transforms Voice AI and Robotics - Design NewsGoogle News - Voice AI·Synthflow AI and AVANT Partner to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of Agentic Voice AI - The Joplin GlobeGoogle News - Voice AI·Synthflow AI and AVANT Partner to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of Agentic Voice AI - Business WireGoogle News - Voice AI·Dell Technologies Capital Leads USD 50M Investment in Full-Stack Voice AI Startup - SlatorGoogle News - Voice AI·TELUS (TSX:T) Wins On Networks, Youth Support, And AI Voice Push - Yahoo FinanceGoogle News - Voice AI·Twilio voice AI builds Guinness price index across pubs - IT Brief UKGoogle News - Voice AI·TELUS Digital and ElevenLabs Scale Voice AI Customer Experience Solutions - The Fast ModeVentureBeat AI·Alibaba's AI video model rises to No. 2 in global rankings, as OpenAI's Sora and ByteDance's Seedance fall awayGoogle News - Voice AI·AethexAI, A Full-Stack Voice AI Infrastructure Startup, Raises $3M In Pre-Seed Round To Level The Playing Field For Enterprises In Emerging Markets - afrotech.comGoogle News - Voice AI·AethexAI, A Full-Stack Voice AI Infrastructure Startup, Raises $3M In Pre-Seed Round To Level The Playing Field For Enterprises In Emerging Markets - Yahoo FinanceGoogle News - Voice AI·GoHighLevel Summer of AI Discount Window Opens Alongside Conversation AI, Voice AI Rollout - The National Law ReviewGoogle News - Voice AI·Prosper AI secures $30M to scale healthcare voice AI agents - MobiHealthNewsGoogle News - Voice AI·GoHighLevel Summer of AI Discount Window Opens Alongside Conversation AI, Voice AI Rollout - EIN NewsGoogle News - Voice AI·GoHighLevel Summer of AI Discount Window Opens Alongside Conversation AI, Voice AI Rollout - EIN PresswireGoogle News - Voice AI·Newo.ai to Unveil Zero-Hallucination Architecture Voice AI for Call Centers at CCW 2026 - Caledonian RecordGoogle News - Voice AI·Newo.ai to Unveil Zero-Hallucination Architecture Voice AI for Call Centers at CCW 2026 - GlobeNewswireGoogle News - Voice AI·Newo.ai to Unveil Zero-Hallucination Architecture Voice AI for Call Centers at CCW 2026 - Yahoo FinanceGoogle News - Voice AI·Voice AI Startup Retell AI Earns No. 1 Spot on San - GlobeNewswireGoogle News - Voice AI·Voice AI Startup Retell AI Earns No. 1 Spot on San Francisco Business Times' 2026 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area List - Yahoo FinanceGoogle News - Voice AI·Jeen Talk Partners with Deepdub to Bring Hollywood-Grade Voice AI to Enterprise Contact Centers - The National Law ReviewGoogle News - Voice AI·Senate Judiciary Committee Advances NO FAKES Act Targeting AI Voice and Likeness Misuse - CelebrityAccessGoogle News - Voice AI·Senate Judiciary Committee Advances NO FAKES Act Targeting AI Voice and Likeness Misuse - CelebrityAccessGoogle News - Voice AI·Jeen Talk Partners with Deepdub to Bring Hollywood-Grade Voice AI to Enterprise Contact Centers - EIN PresswireGoogle News - Voice AI·Voice AI Revolutionizes Telecom – Innovations and New Partnerships - VoIP ReviewGoogle News - Voice AI·TELUS Digital and ElevenLabs Partner to Scale Voice AI Alongside Frontline Customer Care Teams - Yahoo Finance UKGoogle News - Voice AI·TELUS Digital and ElevenLabs Partner to Scale Voice AI Alongside Frontline Customer Care Teams - Yahoo! 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Soniox v5 Real-Time follows a live conversation, not just the words
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Voice AI News — Jun 8–14, 2026
Voice AI this week: Apple, Google, Microsoft, ElevenLabs, and deployments across healthcare, finance, and hospitality.
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ai-coustics launches Tyto to identify audio issues before they impact voice agents
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Lex Goetz · Overmind.one
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Far-Field ASR Leaderboard: Treble and Hugging Face Launch FFASR
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Voice AI News: May 25–31, 2026
Sesame launches its conversational iOS app, Arc raises $10.76M for drive-through voice AI, ElevenLabs debuts Dubbing V2 and Music V2, Claude adds 18 languages,
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Mohamed Hani ElMasry · SentiVue
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Voice AI News: May 18–24, 2026
Key Voice AI updates: Sierra's $1B raise at $16B val, Hark's $700M, Google Gemini agents, OpenAI voice acquisition, ElevenLabs in Spotify audiobooks, new TTS mo
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Coco Shellim · Sound AiSleep
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Bradley Metrock · Voice Project
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Voice AI News: May 11–17, 2026
Voice AI roundup May 11-17: Vapi $50M Series B, Basata $21M medical agents, OpenAI buys Weights.gg, Resemble DramaBox TTS, Thinking Machines full-duplex preview
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Sylvain Boily · RoomKit
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Voice AI News: May 3–10, 2026
Voice AI highlights May 3-10: OpenAI introduces GPT-Realtime models for API, while ElevenLabs reaches $500M ARR and enters Australia and New Zealand markets.
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Akshat (Ack) Prakash · Camb.ai
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