Hume AI builds voice AI that measures and responds to emotional expression, including its Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) and Octave speech models, founded by ex-Google DeepMind researcher Alan Cowen.
AI📍 New York, NYFounded 2021
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Hume AI going public?
No. Hume AI is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Hume AI's valuation in 2026?
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Has Hume AI filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Hume AI.
Can you buy Hume AI stock?
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Company Profile
CEO
Alan Cowen
Founded
2021
HQ
New York, NY
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
private
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
5
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
216
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Hume AI" as of 2026-09-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+40% vs 2026-08
Open roles
7
via ashby
Product-build share
71%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
heavy product build — 71% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 3 of 7 open roles are engineering.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Senior Software Engineer - MicroservicesSenior Software Engineer - Data PlaneDocumentation EngineerFront End Design EngineerResearch EngineerBusiness Development
Counted from Hume AI's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Alan Cowen
Products
EVI empathic voice interface
Octave text-to-speech
Competitors
ElevenLabs · Cartesia · Sesame
AIVoice AIEmotion AI
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.