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Wispr

AI voice dictation that converts speech to polished text across every app
AI 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2021
Current Valuation
$2.0B
as of 2025-Q4
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Wispr going public?
No. Wispr is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Wispr's valuation in 2026?
Wispr is valued at $2.0B as of 2025-Q4, set by its Series C (in talks) ($260M, Nov 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Wispr filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Wispr.
Who are Wispr's investors?
Wispr's investors include Menlo Ventures, 8VC, NEA, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Wispr (operating as Wispr AI Inc, distinct from any 'Wispr Flow' brand variant) is the San Francisco voice-AI company behind the Wispr Flow dictation tool, which converts speech to polished text across every app and device. Founded by Tanay Kothari, the company is reportedly raising $260M at a $2B valuation as of late 2025, with Wispr Flow claiming 3x better accuracy than built-in dictation and sub-200ms latency.

Company Profile

CEO
Tanay Kothari
Founded
2021
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Total Raised
$320M
Last Round
Series C (in talks) — $260M (Nov 2025)
IPO Status
none

Fundraising Status

Series C (in talks) · $260M · 9 mo ago
noneTotal raised $320M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series C (in talks)$260MNov 2025

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models
0
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
15
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Wispr AI" as of 2026-08-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
24
via ashby
Product-build share
67%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 67% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 8 of 24 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month24Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering8Design4Marketing4Data & ML1Research1Other1Sales & GTM1Finance & Strategy1Product1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Software Engineer, Product Product DesignerDesign EngineerML EngineerML ScientistPlatform Engineer, Infrastructure
Counted from Wispr's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Tanay Kothari

Investors

Menlo Ventures · 8VC · NEA · Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)

Products

  • Wispr Flow voice dictation app
  • Cross-app speech-to-text (3x more accurate than built-in dictation, sub-200ms latency)
  • Voice keyboard for mobile + desktop
  • AI-powered voice editing

Competitors

Otter.ai · Apple Dictation · Google Voice Typing · Whisper (OpenAI) · Dragon
AIvoiceproductivityconsumerspeech-to-text
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.