Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that makes use of AI to generate human-sounding voices.
A Meta spokesperson has confirmed the acquisition, according to Bloomberg, which additionally reviews that an inside memo acknowledged that the “complete PlayAI staff” might be becoming a member of the corporate subsequent week. (TechCrunch has additionally reached out to Meta for affirmation.)
Meta’s memo reportedly mentioned that PlayAI’s “work in creating pure voices, together with a platform for straightforward voice creation, is a superb match for our work and highway map, throughout AI Characters, Meta AI, Wearables and audio content material creation.”
The corporate has been making huge investments in AI, together with aggressive recruiting from OpenAI and a take care of Scale AI that noticed the corporate’s CEO Alexandr Wang becoming a member of Meta to guide a brand new group targeted on superintelligence.
The monetary phrases of the acquisition weren’t disclosed. Bloomberg had beforehand reported that the 2 firms have been in acquisition talks.