Funding round · AI

Modulate raises $25m to develop audio-native AI

Velma analyzes voice signals and conversational intent for enterprise applications.

The $25m round was announced September 28. Modulate plans to continue developing audio-native AI models and expand its developer and partner ecosystems.

Its Velma platform combines more than 100 specialized models covering signals such as emotion, tone, intent and synthetic speech. The funding extends that model stack and the ecosystem using it in voice applications.

Use of funds

Continue development of audio-native AI models

Expand developer and partner ecosystems

Funding history

Funding round · This round$25M

Sources

  1. Modulate raises $25M to scale its lead in frontier audio-native AImodulate.ai · Sep 28, 2026
  2. Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suitetechcrunch.com · Sep 28, 2026