Rime
Backed byUnusual VenturesAbout Rime
Rime is a Series A voice AI company on a mission to make voice interactions feel more human. Drawing on deep expertise in linguistics and machine learning, Rime builds and deploys frontier voice models—positioning itself as analogous to OpenAI or Anthropic but specialized in the voice and speech space. The company delivers its models through a flexible cloud-hosted API or fully on-premises deployments, integrating seamlessly with customers' existing orchestration stacks and agent scaffolding. Rime serves product and engineering teams at companies like Decagon and Cresta, operating on a usage-based pricing model. Based in San Francisco with a small, autonomous team, Rime is scaling rapidly and currently managing more customer demand than capacity.
Company at a glance
Founders & Leadership
Location
About the Team
Team Distribution
- Research & Specialized38%
- Engineering21%
- Sales & Business Development21%
- Operations10%
- Leadership7%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.Stanford University
- 2.McGill University
- 3.City University of Hong Kong
- 4.UCL
- 5.Peking University
Team Worked At
- Amazon
- Apple
- Meta
- Duolingo
- Twilio
Team Composition
23 people- Engineering1 senior5
- Research3
- Administrative2
- Arts and Design2
- Business Development2 senior2
- Leadership2 senior2
- Sales2
- Entrepreneurship1 senior1
Culture & values
Small, autonomous team with full ownership expectations
Hybrid work arrangement in SF
Collaborative office culture
Fast-scaling environment with high demand for customer and prospect management
Funding History
$5.5M
raised
Enterprise speech tools company Rime raised a $5.5M Seed round led by Unusual Ventures, with participation from Founders You Should Know, Cadenza and angel investors including Aaron King and others.
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