Founder · Wispr

Tanay Kothari

Co-founder & CEO of Wispr, a voice ai and interface software company based in San Francisco.

Co-founder · CEOSan FranciscoVoice AI and Interface Software
Founded
2021
San Francisco, United States
Raised to date
$361M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
Series B
$280M · 2026-08-17

About

Tanay Kothari is Co-founder & CEO of Wispr, a voice ai and interface software company based in San Francisco, founded in 2021. Wispr's most recent disclosed round was a funding round of $81M in 2025-11.

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Company

Est. 2021
Wispr
Voice AI and Interface Software · San Francisco · Active

Wispr develops voice interface software, best known for Wispr Flow, an AI dictation application that converts speech into formatted text inside any desktop or mobile application. It also builds Canto, its own speech recognition model designed for noisy real-world conditions, and operates Wispr Interface Labs, a research arm exploring new interfaces. The company began by working on wearables and silent speech before moving to dictation.

Funding
2026-08-17Series B$280MMenlo Ventures, Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, 8VC, MVP Ventures, Acrew, Activate, Forerunner, Goodwater, Peak XV, Together Fund, PLUS Capital
2025-11Earlier rounds (seed through Series A2)$81MMenlo Ventures, Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, 8VC, MVP Ventures
Company profile →2 rounds on record

Journey with Wispr

3 milestones
  1. 2021Founded

    Founded in San Francisco by Tanay Kothari and Sahaj Garg, who met on their first day at Stanford. The company initially worked on wearables and silent speech interfaces.

  2. 2024Milestone

    Pivots to dictation with Wispr Flow, which converts speech into formatted text inside any application.

  3. 17 Aug 2026Milestone

    Previews Canto, its first proprietary speech recognition model, and launches Wispr Interface Labs, a research arm led by Ariya Rastrow. Says more than 60 billion words have been generated on the platform.

Also building Wispr

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Coverage

1 story
Funding · 18 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Wispr Raises $280 Million Series B Led by Menlo Ventures at a $2 Billion Valuation