Resemble AI Raises $2 Million
On January 24, The Forge business incubator held its traditional gong celebration for alumnus Resemble AI, who secured $2 million in funding from Craft Ventures, Betaworks, AET Fund, and firstminute Capital on December 9, 2019. A few days before the funding announcement, Resemble AI launched Resemble Clone to replicate voices; they additionally offer Rezemblyzer to detect and prevent deep fakes.
Utilizing the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Resemble Clone can generate a near-perfect voice clone based on 3 minutes of audio samples of a person’s voice. Resemble Clone aims to solve the large scalability problems that creatives face when creating speech content by utilizing a few minutes of audio data to create full audio tracks used for immersive VR experiences, animated feature films, or even generate entire audiobooks.
Saqib Muhammad and Zohaib Ahmed cofounded Resemble AI in 2019 and joined The Forge Business Incubator program from March till November 2019. The Forge is funded by McMaster University and works with tech start-ups in Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton to build successful businesses, by providing companies with expert mentorship, seed funding and dedicated office space.
“We set out to build a product that helps creatives get over the hurdle of crafting audio content”, said Co-Founder and CEO Zohaib Ahmed. “With more audio content being produced year after year – smart speakers, Airpods, podcasts, audiobooks, and digital characters in virtual and augmented reality – there is a large and growing need for fast and accurate voice cloning. Resemble AI’s unique focus is to empower creatives, so they can control and produce content without sacrificing quality.”