Cartesia

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Cartesia

Cartesia

Ultra-realistic voice AI platform powered by State Space Models for developers.

DR 732022Active116San Francisco, United States
5.0 (1)

About

Cartesia offers a real-time, multimodal intelligence platform utilizing state space models (SSMs) for efficient data processing. Their flagship product, the Sonic Generative Voice API, provides ultra-low latency speech synthesis with exceptionally natural AI voices capable of laughter and emotions.
Frequently asked

What does Cartesia do?

Cartesia offers a real-time, multimodal intelligence platform utilizing state space models (SSMs) for efficient data processing. Their flagship product, the Sonic Generative Voice API, provides ultra-low latency speech synthesis with exceptionally natural AI voices capable of laughter and emotions.

What is Cartesia's revenue?

StartupHub estimates Cartesia's annual revenue at $12.7M (range $6.7M to $111.0M, 66% confidence), based on comparable companies in the sector.

What is Cartesia's valuation?

StartupHub estimates Cartesia's effective valuation at $792.1M (range $477.5M to $1.1B, 20% confidence), based on comparable companies in the sector.

How much funding has Cartesia raised?

Cartesia has raised a total of $191M in funding. The most recent round on record is Series B.

Where is Cartesia headquartered?

Cartesia is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

When was Cartesia founded?

Cartesia was founded in 2022.

What industry does Cartesia operate in?

Cartesia operates in Voice AI, Conversational AI, AI Voice Synthesis, AI Voice Cloning, Text-to-Speech, Realtime Voice.

How many employees does Cartesia have?

Cartesia has approximately 116 people on record.

HEADCOUNT
116
DOMAIN RATING
73
Public companies they compete with
MSFT
Microsoft · Azure Text-to-Speech

Cartesia's Sonic model competes with Azure Text-to-Speech in providing AI voice synthesis for developers and enterprises, with Cartesia emphasizing ultra-low latency and natural-sounding voices.

AMZN
Amazon · Amazon Polly

Cartesia's Sonic model offers an alternative to Amazon Polly for text-to-speech capabilities, particularly for applications requiring real-time, expressive voice generation.

GOOGL
Alphabet · Google Cloud Text-to-Speech

Cartesia directly competes with Google Cloud Text-to-Speech by offering its own text-to-speech API, with a focus on faster response times and more natural voice quality for conversational AI.

Who they would sell to
Zendesk

Zendesk, a customer service software provider, could integrate Cartesia's ultra-low latency and natural voice AI to enhance its virtual agent offerings and provide more human-like conversational support.

Customer Service Software
HubSpot

HubSpot, a CRM and marketing automation platform, could leverage Cartesia's voice AI to power more engaging and efficient voice-driven interactions within its sales and support tools.

CRM and Marketing Automation
Five9

Five9, a leading provider of cloud contact center software, could utilize Cartesia's real-time voice AI to improve the naturalness and responsiveness of its intelligent virtual agents, reducing call abandonment rates.

Contact Center Software
ServiceNow
Already a customer

ServiceNow, an enterprise software company, already uses Cartesia to power secure, real-time enterprise voice agents, demonstrating a need for advanced voice AI in their platform.

Enterprise Software
Rasa
Already a customer

Rasa, an open-source conversational AI platform, has chosen Cartesia as its voice partner to meet enterprise-grade requirements for high-quality, low-latency voice interactions.

Conversational AI Development
LiveKit
Already a customer

LiveKit, a real-time communication infrastructure provider, partnered with Cartesia because Sonic's State Space Models align with LiveKit's vision for next-generation AI agents.

Real-time Communication Infrastructure

Buyer fit inferred by StartupHub from what Cartesia sells and public signals about each company. Only rows badged "already a customer" are confirmed relationships.

Who could acquire them
Microsoft

Microsoft would gain Cartesia's advanced State Space Model architecture for ultra-low latency and natural speech synthesis, enhancing its Azure AI services and competing more strongly in real-time conversational AI.

Alphabet

Alphabet could integrate Cartesia's real-time multimodal intelligence platform into Google Cloud's AI offerings, strengthening its position in voice AI and providing developers with more advanced tools for conversational agents.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA, already a strategic investor in Cartesia, would gain full ownership of Cartesia's State Space Models and real-time voice AI technology, further solidifying its role in providing foundational AI infrastructure.

Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms could acquire Cartesia to enhance its AI Characters, Meta AI, and Wearables with Cartesia's natural voice creation and ultra-realistic voice agents, aligning with its strategic focus on advanced AI experiences.

Precedent: Acquired PlayAI, 2025

Strategic fit inferred by StartupHub from each buyer's own acquisition history. No deal, approach or discussion is implied.

New entrants in Voice AI
Last 90 days
188
New entrants
62.7
Per month
14.6
Per week

An entrant is a company tagged Voice AI whose domain was first registered in the window, counted from registry records in the StartupHub directory. 14 of them registered in the last 30 days. Registry detection runs two to three weeks behind registration, so recent weeks are a floor.

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