Google DeepMind is hiring the CEO and several top engineers from Hume AI, a startup working on emotionally intelligent voice interfaces, as part of a new licensing agreement, WIRED has learned.
Financial details of the deal are confidential, but Hume AI says the company will continue to supply its technology to other frontier AI labs.
The deal is the latest sign that AI companies expect voice mode to become an increasingly important interface for interacting with customers—and that understanding a user’s emotions and mood based on their voice interactions is key.
Hume AI expects to bring in $100 million in
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