Krisp
Category: AI Infrastructure
Real-time Voice AI platform offering noise cancellation, accent conversion, voice translation, transcription, and AI meeting assistant for individuals, call centers, and developers. Krisp was founded in 2017. The company is led by Davit Baghdasaryan. Based in Berkeley, California, United States. Team size: 201-500. Total funding raised: $16M. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include RTP Global; Storm Ventures; Sierra Ventures; TechNexus Venture Collaborative; Hive Ventures; CM Ventures; s16VC; Shanda Group.
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Team size
- 201-500
- Total funding
- $16M
Value proposition
Krisp's real-time Voice AI products improve voice productivity in communication through AI-powered noise cancellation, accent conversion, voice translation, transcription, and summarization — all processing on-device for privacy.
Products and solutions
AI Meeting Assistant (noise cancellation, transcription, note-taking, summarization), Call Center AI (noise cancellation, bidirectional accent conversion, voice translation, agent assist, Voice Security, Speech Analytics), AI Voice SDK / VIVA 2.5 (Voice Isolation 2.5 + lite, turn-prediction, interruption-prediction, VAD, signal detectors, accent conversion SDK, noise cancellation SDK, Voice Translation API)
Unique value
#1 AI noise cancellation with on-device processing (no cloud, no data sent to servers); works with any conferencing app (1000+ apps); real-time processing at 15ms latency; VIVA 2.5 Voice Isolation cuts STT WER ~46% avg (and ~70% on competing speech) across 10 engines; audio-only turn/interruption prediction for voice AI agents
Target customer
Remote workers and teams (AI Meeting Assistant); BPOs and call centers (Call Center AI); developers building voice AI agents (AI Voice SDK / VIVA)
Industries served
Enterprise communications, BPO / call centers, IT consulting / MSP, contact centers, gaming (Discord integration), remote work
Technology advantage
Deep learning models trained on massive voice data (80B+ minutes processed monthly; 200M+ devices); on-device inference with no cloud dependency; single-mic noise cancellation; VIVA 2.5 SDK with Voice Isolation 2.5 (+ 3.5x-smaller lite), turn-prediction, interruption-prediction, VAD, and signal detectors (TTS/gender/accent); runs on CPU at 15ms; ported to NVIDIA GPUs, Intel CPU/GNA, ARM, Qualcomm
How they differentiate
Krisp started as a noise cancellation pioneer and expanded into a full voice AI platform. Unlike competitors focused solely on transcription/note-taking, Krisp offers noise cancellation, accent conversion, voice translation, and a developer SDK (VIVA) for voice AI agents. On-device processing ensures privacy — no audio data sent to cloud servers. Processes 12B+ minutes/year of voice AI agent traffic.
Main competitors
Sanas, Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai
Key partnerships
Discord (noise cancellation integration since 2020), Twilio (video platform partnership), Daily, Vapi, LiveKit, Ultravox, Telnyx (VIVA SDK embedded in 130+ voice AI products), 8x8 Technology Partner Ecosystem (noise cancellation, accent conversion, multilingual voice for 8x8 CX, Aug 2026), NVIDIA (GPU optimization), IGEL (accent conversion on IGEL OS)
Notable customers
Discord (hundreds of millions of users); Twilio; Telnyx; Daily; Vapi; LiveKit; Ultravox; large global call centers (including one with 40,000+ employees); 1000+ enterprises
Major milestones
2017: Founded in Yerevan, Armenia as 2Hz, 2018: Launched Krisp noise cancellation app on Mac, raised $2M seed, 2019: Windows launch, official release with pricing, 2020: Discord integration, $5M Series A, Forbes AI 50, TIME 100 Best Inventions, Gartner Cool Vendor, 2021: $9M Series A-1 led by RTP Global, 2024: On-device transcription, ChatGPT integration, 2025: Accent Conversion SDK
Growth metrics
$37.7M revenue (2025 est.); ~343–395 employees; deployed on 200M+ devices; 80B+ minutes of voice conversations processed monthly; 1B+ minutes/month voice AI agent traffic via VIVA; 12B+ minutes/year VIVA traffic; 130+ voice AI products using VIVA; 250K+ enterprise seats; 1000+ enterprises
Market positioning
Leader in real-time voice AI productivity and contact-center voice infrastructure; Forbes AI 50 (2020), TIME 100 Best Inventions (2020), Gartner Cool Vendor (2020); two 2026 Webby Awards for Technical Achievement; CCW 2026 Disruptive Technology of the Year; 2026 Cybernews AI Trustworthiness leader; Slator Index 2026 Language Technology Platform
Geographic focus
Global — HQ in Berkeley, CA with R&D team in Armenia; customers across US, Europe, Asia; accent conversion tailored for Africa, India, Philippines, Latin America, Middle East
Patents and IP
4+ registered patents primarily in acoustics/audio processing category; 5+ patent filings; 18 US patent applications by CEO
About Davit Baghdasaryan
Ex-Twilio Principal Security Engineer; Stanford University; Yerevan State University. 18+ US patent applications.
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Official website: https://krisp.ai