VoiceRun is a new platform that enables developers to quickly and effectively launch and scale dynamic voice agents. Now, as one solution, they’ve managed to raise $5.5 million for their seed funding round led by Flybridge Capital. This investment will enable the company, co-founded by Nicholas Leonard and Derek Caneja, to further develop its unique offerings, positioning itself as a pivotal player in the evolving landscape of voice technology.
What makes the platform further unique is its support for users to conduct A/B testing, and deploy new or updated voice agents with just one click. This simplified method opens the door to no-code voice builders and more sophisticated voice experiences. This takes away the barrier of having to know a lot of programming language. Leonard contends this because he thinks coding is the native language of coding agents. Development of this foundation allows the tools to be more effective and more importantly, easier to use.
VoiceRun’s creation came from a confluence of experience and an epiphany around the power of voice technology. Leonard expressed that the ultimate goal of VoiceRun is to create an environment where voice agents are not only reliable but widely accepted by users. Zuckerberg defined the platform’s new mission. It seeks to challenge the conventional wisdom that human agents are better than their voice-enabled agents.
VoiceRun’s proprietary technology was developed to eliminate the irritation most users feel while listening and talking to robotic voices. Leonard noted that today’s voice automation systems can be “brittle and frustrating. Unfortunately, this unreliability has resulted in a major erosion of user trust. By offering a faster, more convenient pathway, VoiceRun aims to create a more positive and streamlined experience between users and voice agents.
The company offers a new approach to creating voice agents compared to rudimentary point-and-click visual interfaces. This lets developers focus on building the code rather than losing themselves inside complicated and confusing graphical interfaces. Leonard emphasized the importance of this shift, stating, “They are going to do a far better job operating in code than in a visual interface.” This dedication to coding reflects the conviction that VoiceRun has the potential to provide something much better with more flexibility for developers.
VoiceRun’s unique platform creates a deep, resilient, global voice infrastructure. Its evaluation-driven lifecycle ensures that clients never lose control of their business logic code and underlying data. This change improves user agency and helps shed light on the dark arts of voice agents.
Leonard articulated the company’s vision, asserting, “There are great voice agents today, but they won’t be ubiquitous until the voice agent factory is built. VoiceRun is that factory.” He emphasizes the parallels with VoiceRun’s mission and the automotive industry’s transformation. For example, he makes the case that no invention has spread so widely as the automobile without assembly line manufacturing. “There were great cars before the Model T, but vehicles didn’t become ubiquitous until the assembly line,” he added.
Flybridge Capital’s funding will undoubtedly accelerate VoiceRun’s growth trajectory. It will further assist in the ongoing development of the platform and in extending its outreach to more members of the developer community. VoiceRun is focusing on a new end-to-end development pipeline for programming agents. This iterative process completes the feedback loop in building voice agents, empowering voice developers to pursue more sophisticated solutions that substantially enhance user experience.