Deepslate raises €7.7M seed to grow voice AI for Europe
Deepslate, a Berlin-based company building end-to-end voice AI for European languages, has closed a €7.7 million seed round led by 42CAP. Unlike typical voice assistants, Deepslate’s system skips text conversion and processes audio directly, aiming for faster and more natural responses. The company claims to have the lowest error rate for European languages and the fastest response time in recent benchmarks. New funding will boost model training and expand operations.
- €7.7M seed round led by 42CAP
- Processes speech directly without text conversion
- Benchmarks show fastest response time for speech-to-speech AI
- ISO 27001 certified for security
- Used by insurers and contact centers
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