Voicing Startups

Whispr with Hugh - Ep. 32

Overview This week on the Voicing Startups podcast I am talking with Hugh, Co-Founder and CEO of Whispr. Whispr is a platform that is designed to deliver better information to workers and real-time data to managers so you can constantly improve frontline operations through the use of a voice-first experience. Interview To start off the interview, Hugh and I talk about his background and the origin story for Whispr. To better understand the product we then jump into a walkthrough of the user experience for both management and the front line workers. We also discuss use cases, multi-modal experiences, COVID-19 and COVID-Clean, analytics, differentiation and more. I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Voicing Startups! Follow Check below for the best places to follow Whispr and the Voicing Startups Podcast! If you liked this episode please Subscribe, Review, and Share it with someone! Follow Whispr: Website: Whispr.ai Linkedin: @Whispr Follow Voicing Startups & Collin: Website: VoicingStartups.com Twitter: @CollinBorns LinkedIn: @Collin Borns Have your own startup in voice? Pitch: VoicePunch.VC

Roby with Jay - Ep. 31

Overview This week on the Voicing Startups podcast I am talking with Jay, Founder and CEO of Roby. Roby is not just another ticketing software. Roby is able to automate your repetitive tasks such as employees’ questions, meeting scheduling, building services and facility requests through conversational AI. This allows you to focus on what really matters - creating an amazing working environment! Interview To start off the interview, Jay talks about his background and how he came up with the idea for Roby. We then spend a little time around the customer and then jump right into conversation around the product. We dig through multiple different use cases and discuss the benefits that Roby provides for both employers and employees. We also talk about the business model amidst COVID-19, Roby’s differentiation, voice experience customization and what we can expect to see from the product in the coming years. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode of Voicing Startups! Follow Check below for the best places to follow Roby and the Voicing Startups Podcast! If you liked this episode please Subscribe, Review, and Share it with someone! Follow Roby: Website: tellroby.com Linkedin: @Roby Follow Voicing Startups & Collin: Website: VoicingStartups.com Twitter: @CollinBorns LinkedIn: @Collin Borns Have your own startup in voice? Pitch: VoicePunch.VC

Espressive with Pat - Ep. 30

Overview This week on the Voicing Startups podcast I am talking with Pat, Founder and CEO of Espressive. Espressive redefines how employees get help by delivering exceptional employee experiences. This is accomplished through Barista, Espressive’s Virtual Support Agent (VSA), which brings the ease of consumer virtual assistants, like Alexa or Google Home, into the workplace. Recently, Espressive announced a $30M Series B investment round led by Insight Partners. Interview To start out the interview, we look at Pat’s background and ultimately how he came up with the idea for Espressive and the Barista VSA. Pat then goes on to describe what exactly a VSA is. Following this we start looking at Espressive’s Barista VSA and the problems they are trying to solve for their customers. To better understand these problems, Pat walks me through some different use cases across multiple industries including IT, HR, and Sales. As I mentioned, Espressive just closed a $30M Series B from Insight Partners, so we spent the rest of the interview discussing the plans with the raise amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope you enjoy this week's episode of Voicing Startups! Follow Check below for the best places to follow Espressive and the Voicing Startups Podcast! If you liked this episode please Subscribe, Review, and Share it with someone! Follow Espressive: Website: Espressive.com Linkedin: Espressive Twitter: Espressive_AI Follow Voicing Startups & Collin: Website: VoicingStartups.com Twitter: @CollinBorns LinkedIn: @Collin Borns Have your own startup in voice? Pitch: VoicePunch.VC

HereAfter with James - Ep. 29

Overview This week on the Voicing Startups podcast I am talking with James, Co-Founder of HereAfter. HereAfter has pioneered a new way to save and share your loved ones most important stories and memories. Once stories are collected in an interview, the responses are available via an interactive voice experience through the use of the HereAfter AI platform. Interview To start out the interview, we talk about James' background. Before starting HereAfter, he wrote the popular book around voice computing called Talk To Me. We then dig into what exactly HereAfter is and the origin for why James started this in the first place. To better understand the experience, James then walks me through all the different features of the product today. We then spend some time looking ahead and the possibilities for where an experience like this can go. To wrap up the show James gives his outlook on why he is excited about the years ahead for the world of audio and voice tech. I hope you enjoy this week's episode of Voicing Startups! Follow Check below for the best places to follow HereAfter and the Voicing Startups Podcast! If you liked this episode please Subscribe, Review, and Share it with someone! Follow HereAfter: Website: HereAfter.ai Twitter: @JameVlahos Book: Talk to Me Follow Voicing Startups & Collin: Website: VoicingStartups.com Twitter: @CollinBorns LinkedIn: @Collin Borns Have your own startup in voice? Pitch: VoicePunch.VC

Soundskrit with Sahil - Ep. 28

Overview This week on the Voicing Startups podcast I am talking with Sahil, Co-Founder & Product Lead at Soundskrit. Soundskrit is developing bio inspired directional MEMS microphones with a goal of improving audio capture in consumer devices. With a single microphone, they can separate sounds coming from multiple directions without compromising size or quality. Soundskrit is positioned to greatly improve speech recognition and sound localization, enabling a new suite of features for consumer electronics. Interview We start off the interview with getting an idea of Sahil’s background and the general concept of Soundskrit. We then jump right into a conversation about the product. To understand what they are building at Soundskrit, we look at underlying problems with existing microphones, their unique feature set, and some use cases in the real world. We wrap up the interview by looking at the years ahead. We discuss what we can expect to see with the Soundskrit product as well as exciting things about the audio, voice and conversational tech space. I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Voicing Startups! Follow Check below for the best places to follow Soundskrit and the Voicing Startups Podcast! If you liked this episode please Subscribe, Review, and Share it with someone! Follow Soundskrit: Website: Soundskrit.ca Youtube: Soundskrit Linkedin: Soundskrit Follow Voicing Startups & Collin: Website: VoicingStartups.com Twitter: @CollinBorns LinkedIn: @Collin Borns Have your own startup in voice? Pitch: VoicePunch.VC