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Salesforce brings voice into the future of service (Salesforce)
TTS software market expected to surpass $10B by 2031 (OpenPR)
How CPaaS is driving workflow automation – UC roundtable (UC Today)
Zendesk unveils major AI push (CX Today)
ChatGPT testing ‘Speak First’ voice feature (Lapaas)
Tata Communications launches Voice AI for real-time fintech chats (IT Brief)
Rivian to replace Amazon’s Alexa with Google Gemini (Eletric-Vehicles)
David AI raises $50 million to bring audio data to AI models (Bloomberg)
Spara raises $15M to build Superhero AI agent for inbound sales (PYMNTS)
Attuned Intelligence raises $13M to automate hospital call centers (HitConsultant)
Voice AI developer Smallest.ai nabs $8M investment (SiliconANGLE)
Focal raises $5M in funding (FinSMEs)
Plaud launches platform to enhance conversational intelligence (PR Newswire)
Ex-Meta & Google researcher in talks to raise $60M for voice AI startup (Forbes)
NeuTTS Air: Open-source on-device TTS model (Quantum Zeitgeist)
SoundHound’s Amelia 7 boosts Apivia Courtage’s customer service (Benzinga)
Core AI launches VoicePix 2.0 to advance AI audio (GlobeNewswire)
AI voice agents that transform your CRM workflows (TechBullion)
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