Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that makes use of AI to generate human-sounding voices.
A Meta spokesperson has confirmed the acquisition, based on Bloomberg, which additionally stories that an inside memo acknowledged that the “total PlayAI crew” shall be becoming a member of the corporate subsequent week. (TechCrunch has additionally reached out to Meta for affirmation.)
Meta’s memo reportedly mentioned that PlayAI’s “work in creating pure voices, together with a platform for simple voice creation, is a superb match for our work and street map, throughout AI Characters, Meta AI, Wearables and audio content material creation.”
The corporate has been making massive investments in AI, together with aggressive recruiting from OpenAI and a cope with Scale AI that noticed the corporate’s CEO Alexandr Wang becoming a member of Meta to steer a brand new group centered on superintelligence.
The monetary phrases of the acquisition weren’t disclosed. Bloomberg had beforehand reported that the 2 firms have been in acquisition talks.
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