Wispr
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Wispr is a San Francisco-based AI voice-to-text company founded in 2021 by Stanford classmates Tanay Kothari and Sahaj Garg 3. Its flagship product, Wispr Flow, converts speech into text for writing, messaging and workplace tasks, and the company says users have generated more than 60 billion words through its software across nearly all Fortune 500 companies and more than 10,000 enterprises 12. Alongside the Series B, the company previewed Canto, its first proprietary speech-recognition model 12.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | Series B | $280M | Menlo Ventures | Notable Capital, NEA, Neo, 8VC, MVP Ventures, Acrew, Activate, Forerunner, Goodwater, Peak XV, Together Fund, PLUS Capital 124 |
The Series B values Wispr at $2 billion and brings total capital raised to $361 million 12.
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TechCrunch, “Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation,” August 17, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/wispr-raises-280m-at-2b-valuation-as-it-looks-beyond-dictation/↩↩↩↩
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Wispr Flow blog, “Our Series B, and what it means for you,” August 17, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://wisprflow.ai/post/series-b↩↩↩↩
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Fortune, “Wispr talks its way to a $2 billion valuation. The company says dictation’s only the beginning,” August 17, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/wispr-2-billion-valuation-dictations-only-the-beginning/↩
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Tech Startups, “Wispr Flow raises $280M at $2 billion valuation to expand AI voice platform,” August 17, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://techstartups.com/2026/08/17/wispr-flow-raises-280m-at-2-billion-valuation-to-expand-ai-voice-platform/↩