AssemblyAI

Speech AI & transcription API for devs

Series C+
San Francisco, USA
Founded 2017

About

AssemblyAI provides a developer-focused speech AI platform offering highly accurate speech-to-text transcription, speaker diarization, sentiment analysis, content moderation, and summarization via API. Its models power audio and voice intelligence features across a wide range of consumer and enterprise applications.

Products

  • Universal-3 Streaming — Real-time speech transcription with disfluency control, code-switching, diarization, and support for 99+ languages.
    Customer sectors: voice AI developers, contact centers, healthcare
  • Speech-to-Text — Converts spoken language into accurate text transcripts for various audio types and industries.
    Customer sectors: podcast producers, contact centers, medical transcription
  • Speech Understanding — Extracts insights and contextual meaning from speech using advanced AI models.
    Customer sectors: contact centers, enterprise analytics, voice AI developers
  • LLM Gateway Guardrails — Provides safety and compliance controls for language model outputs in voice AI applications.
    Customer sectors: enterprise, AI developers, regulated industries
  • Speech-to-Speech — Transforms spoken audio into enhanced speech outputs, enabling voice interactions and translation.
    Customer sectors: voice AI developers, contact centers, enterprise

Market research & competitive positioning

Source-backed TAM / SAM / SOM sizing, displacement analysis, and an interactive peer positioning map for AssemblyAI — available to members.

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