Artificial Intelligence
Irish-founded voice tech company snapped up by Spotify
Sonantic, founded by John Flynn and Zeena Qureshi, developed a synthetic replacement voice for actor Val Kilmer after he had throat cancer
An Irish co-founded company, best known for developing a synthetic replacement voice for Top Gun actor Val Kilmer after he developed throat cancer, has been acquired by Spotify.
Founded by Irishman John Flynn and Zeena Qureshi in 2018, London-based Sonantic has built an artificial intelligence-powered platform that can create compelling, nuanced and realistic voices from text. The technology essentially allows users working in the entertainment sector to do for audio what computer-generated imagery (CGI) did ...