Episode #63: Meet the Start-Up at the Center of the Voice-Computer Revolution
Tech Optimist Podcast — Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
In the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Naren Ramaswamy interviews Tanay Kothari, CEO of Wispr AI, about the transformative potential of their AI-powered voice dictation platform, Flow. They discuss how Flow aims to enhance communication by making technology more intuitive and efficient, paving the way for a screenless future in human-computer interaction.
Episode #63: Meet the Start-Up at the Center of the Voice-Computer Revolution
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In this Meet the Startup episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Naren Ramaswamy hosts Tanay Kothari, CEO and co-founder of Wispr AI, to discuss the future of voice technology. Wispr’s breakthrough product, Flow, is an AI-powered voice dictation platform designed to transform how people interact with their devices, making communication faster and more intuitive. Tanay shares his vision for creating technology that fades into the background, allowing users to focus on being present.
Watch Time ~31 minutes
The show is produced by Alumni Ventures, which has been recognized as a “Top 20 Venture Firm” by CB Insights (’24) and as the “#1 Most Active Venture Firm in the US” by Pitchbook (’22 & ’23).
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Creators and Guests
HOST
Naren Ramaswamy
Senior Principal, Spike & Deep Tech Fund, Alumni Ventures
Naren combines a technical engineering background with experience at startups and VC firms. Before joining AV, he worked with the investing team at venture firm Data Collective (DCVC) looking at frontier tech deals. Before that, he was a Program Manager at Apple and Tesla and has worked for multiple consumer startups. Naren received a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In his free time, he enjoys teaching golf to beginners and composing music.
GUEST
Tanay Kothari
CEO & Founder, Wispr AI
Tanay Kothari is the CEO and Founder of Wispr AI, a company that has developed an innovative brain-computer interface (BCI) that enhances productivity by allowing users to complete tasks through articulated thoughts, facilitated by a Bluetooth-like headset.
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