AI voice dictation that converts speech to polished text across every app
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 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.
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
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series C (in talks)
$260M
Nov 2025
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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.
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.
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.