
AI · San Francisco, CA
Rime
Rime is a Series A voice AI company that builds and deploys frontier speech models through cloud or on-premises APIs, serving product teams at companies like Decagon and Cresta with human-like voice interactions.
Backed by Unusual Ventures, Cadenza Ventures, Founders You Should Know
- Location
- San Francisco
- 2 roles
- Team size
- 11-50
- Founded 2021
- Total raised
- $29.5M
- Series A · last round Jul '26
- Salary range
- $145–245k
- all 2 roles
- Open roles
- 2
Open positions · 2
About 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.
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
The team at Rime
11-50 peopleSee everyone on LinkedIn
Team breakdown
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
Location
Team Composition
45 people- Engineering and Technical2 senior10
- Research2 senior8
- Finance & Accounting4
- General Management4 senior4
- Marketing1 senior4
- Design1 senior2
- Sales1 senior2
- Administrative1
Life at Rime
Frequently asked questions
Of 2 open roles, Rime has 2 hybrid positions.
Rime is based in San Francisco.
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