Founded in 2017, AssemblyAI is a Speech AI company developing models that aim to surpass human-level accuracy in speech recognition and understanding. The company's core technical work spans Speech AI, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning, with a research-driven approach to model development. Its flagship products include the Universal series of speech models and Universal-Streaming, a real-time speech recognition model designed for live audio applications.
The company has achieved notable scale: its models process over 1 million hours of audio daily across more than 600 million monthly inference calls, powering over 2 billion end-user experiences. AssemblyAI's technology is deployed across industries including contact centres, medical scribes, meeting assistants, and voice agents - verticals where precision in speech processing carries significant operational consequences.
AssemblyAI has raised over $115 million in funding to support its work in building infrastructure for voice-data-driven applications. The company operates at the intersection of applied research and production-grade systems, a combination that distinguishes it within the broader AI landscape.
