Wispr, a company building a more natural way to interact with technology, announced a new $12 million investment to help fuel the launch of Wispr Flow, a voice-first productivity tool. Built for Apple Macs, Wispr Flow allows users to speak naturally and see their words come to life: clear, concise, and up to 3 times faster than typing. This investment was led by Matt Kraning (CTO / Cortex at Palo Alto Networks) with participation from existing investors NEA and 8VC, along with Tim Junio (CEO of Expanse) and Alumni Ventures. Wispr’s total funding to date is $26 million.
Tanay Kothari and co-founder Sahaj Garg created this product after a growing frustration of having a volume of ideas and messages that could be shared aloud while speaking faster than they could structure into a text, email, or written brief. Whether it be busy professionals, individual content creators or developers, the opportunity to turbocharge productivity with voice is significant. And the funding will be used to launch Wispr Flow across additional platforms and bring to millions of users worldwide.
The key Features of Wispr Flow:
— Speak naturally and see your words appear instantly in your preferred style across every application, powered by Flow’s ultra-fast inference engine.
— Auto-edits when you change your mind: “Hey let’s meet at 5pm, actually let’s do 6pm” automatically becomes, “Hey, let’s meet at 6pm.”
— Smart Formatting – Automatically structure your text for clarity and readability.
— Command Mode for selected text: Say commands such as “Flow, make this crisper and more assertive” without copy-pasting into other tools.
— Native integrations: Select text anywhere and just say, “Ask perplexity, what does this mean?”
— Whispering mode: Use Flow around others by whispering quietly to your computer.
— Multi-Language Support: Communicate effectively in 100+ languages.
On September 30, 2024, Wispr Flow will be available for Mac users with Apple Silicon, which represents most Macs in use today and nearly all purchased since 2022. And the “Basic Plan” is free to use and Pro and Business plans start from $12 per month.
KEY QUOTES:
“Wispr Flow is designed to transform the way people communicate and write. With advanced features like auto-edits, command mode, and support for over 100 languages, Wispr Flow empowers users to be more productive and creative with their voice and time.”
“Our goal is simple: to empower effortless communication, reducing the hours spent hunched over a screen. We’re setting people free from the constraints of a keyboard and allowing them to focus on their top priorities.”
“The top tier of users today tell us they ‘write’ more with Flow than with their keyboards and that we’ve helped them feel less overwhelmed. They went from using Flow for just emails and messages to using it everywhere on their computer, from talking to ChatGPT to writing reminders.”
- Tanay Kothari, CEO and Founder at Wispr
“The best AI product I’ve used since ChatGPT.”
- Rahul Vohra, CEO of Superhuman called Wispr Flow
“Tanay and Sahaj are incredible engineers with proven track records, who possess the talent to build anything they envision. We’re optimistic about the traction Wispr Flow is already seeing, pre-launch—among business professionals, developers, engineers, and individuals within communities such as those affected by ADHD, carpal tunnel syndrome, amputations and Parkinson’s disease—towards enabling seamless communication and expression of ideas.”
- Andrew Schoen, Partner at NEA
