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Wispr Flow

wisprflow.aiadded 2026-06-19
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TL;DR中文

"用说话代替打字"。今年consumer/prosumer打法里跑得最快的产品之一,赌的是voice成为AI时代的主要输入方式。产品体验驱动增长的典型案例,但platform risk也是这个list里最大的之一。

Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard

v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08

Career Score

51/100

Coverage

80%

Verified

50%

Stage cohort

Early

Vibe Check

🎪 community voting coming soon

Momentum
4/4
Efficiency
3.5/20
Backing
6.5/8
Market
6.6/11
Product
8.8/11
Upside
4.5/12

Latest valuation

~$2B(Bloomberg 2026年5月12日独家报道的B轮洽谈目标估值,尚未官方宣布close);最近一轮已完成融资(2025年11月Notable Capital领投)的确认估值为$700M

Series B (in talks) · 2026-05

收入

独立媒体转述的公司自报数字:2024年7月–2025年7月期间年度收入约为$380万美元

Total raised

公开披露的累计融资额为$81M(截至2025年11月),包含2025年6月由Menlo Ventures领投的$30M A轮、更早的种子轮,以及2025年11月由Notable Capital领投的$25M A轮延伸;不包括仍在洽谈中、尚未官宣close的$260M B轮

as of 2025-11

Team size

第三方估算约100人

figures vary
Consumer AIVoiceStage · Early (Series B in talks)HQ · San FranciscoSize · 第三方估算约100人(LeadIQ,2026年7月数据,团队分布在北美/亚洲/欧洲三大洲)

Traction · Key numbers

User growthNearly 50% month-over-month user growthPer investor figures Publicly verifiableas of 2026
收入独立媒体转述的公司自报数字:2024年7月–2025年7月期间年度收入约为$380万美元fixture现有traction里的arr写的是'未公开,第三方估计$10M+量级',未附来源。本研究找到的是有独立媒体(36Kr)转述的具体数字($3.8M,覆盖2024/7-2025/7),比fixture的estimate更早、量级也更小。另外Latka(getlatka.com)在2025年10月给出~$10M的估算(同样是estimate、非一手数据),说明此后可能有较快增长,但两个数字本质都源自公司自我披露或第三方推算,非审计数据,建议编辑同时参考两个时间点。 Publicly verifiableas of 2025-07

Funding

Total raised

公开披露的累计融资额为$81M(截至2025年11月),包含2025年6月由Menlo Ventures领投的$30M A轮、更早的种子轮,以及2025年11月由Notable Capital领投的$25M A轮延伸;不包括仍在洽谈中、尚未官宣close的$260M B轮

Rounds

2

Valuation pace

$700M → ~$2B

B

~$260M

Series B (in talks) · 2026-05 · valuation ~$2B(Bloomberg 2026年5月12日独家报道的B轮洽谈目标估值,尚未官方宣布close);最近一轮已完成融资(2025年11月Notable Capital领投)的确认估值为$700M · led by Notable Capital(2025年11月, 最近一轮已完成的融资);另有多家媒体(Bloomberg, TechFundingNews等)报道Menlo Ventures计划领投一笔约$260M, 估值~$2B的B轮, 但截至研究时仍在洽谈中, 未官方确认close

Bloomberg reports talks are underway; not yet announced

$25M

Funding round · 2025-11 · valuation $700M · led by Notable Capital

Founders

Tanay Kothari 创始人

The company started out building brain-computer interface (BCI) hardware, then realized pure software could solve the core problem — turning speech into high-quality, well-formatted text — and pivoted into an AI dictation app for Mac. That pivot saved the company

Reality · Working here

H1B / PERM官方careers页面明确写明公司'Visa-friendly',并把'Visa assistance'列为员工福利之一内容与fixture一致。按研究规范,公司自己的careers页面只要附带可验证URL就应归类为public(并注明这是公司自述、非第三方独立验证),而不是fixture现在用的provenance='company'。另外查询MyVisaJobs等H-1B/LCA公开数据库时未能确认到该公司具体的H-1B申请记录,可能是公司规模较小尚未大量提交LCA,这点仅供参考,未作为独立信源使用。 Publicly verifiableas of 2026-08
Remote policy官方careers页面写'HQ in San Francisco. Open to remote.';但截至2026年8月,公司自己的Ashby招聘板上25个在招职位里有23个标注为on-site(旧金山为主),只有7个职位把'Remote - US'列为可选地点之一,仅2个是hybrid,1个在Bangalorediscrepancy: fixture写的是'SF HQ但open to remote',与careers页面文案一致,但公司实际当前在招岗位以on-site(旧金山)为绝对主流(23/25),'remote'更多是少数岗位在SF之外并列的一个可选项,而非remote-first文化。建议fixture补充这个落差。 Publicly verifiableas of 2026-08
Comp model现金+期权模式,薪资区间在招聘板上公开透明。例如:ML Engineer/ML Scientist $250K–$400K+期权;Software Engineer(Core/Platform) $180K–$350K+期权;Head of Engineering(Enterprise) $320K–$400K+期权;Head of Growth/B2B Marketing Lead $180K–$340K+期权;行政/客服类岗位现金较低且通常不含期权,如Technical Support Engineer $60K–$90K、Office Administrator(兼职) $35–45/小时fixture此前未填写comp_model字段。数据直接来自公司自己公示的招聘板薪资区间,工程/AI/GTM高级岗位现金上限可达$320K-$400K并叠加期权,行政支持类岗位现金较低且通常不含期权。 Publicly verifiableas of 2026-08
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Hiring status截至2026年8月,公司Ashby招聘板显示25个在招全职岗位:Software-Core/Platform共10个、Marketing & Growth 5个、General 3个、AI Lab/Product & Design各2个、GTM/Finance/Customer Support各1个;地理上23/25为San Francisco on-site,7个职位含Remote-US选项,1个在Bangalorefixture现有reality.hiring是编辑评论(provenance='editorial'),讲团队小意味着ownership强,属于观点而非事实快照。本提案是一份可验证的具体在招岗位数据,两者不冲突,可以并存。 Publicly verifiableas of 2026-08

·They describe themselves as kind and direct — Silicon Valley tends to be either polite but indirect, or direct but rude; they want both

·They build a product they use every day themselves — that dogfooding feedback loop is hard to find at a B2B company

Signals & Risks

CompetitorsDeepgramOtterApple (system-level dictation — the real threat)Google (system-level dictation — the real threat)
Platform riskIf system-level dictation gets to just 80% good, the space for third-party tools shrinks dramatically — a single Apple WWDC could gut half the story. A classic 'speed vs. platform' story
MoatThe underlying ASR isn't proprietary (a mix of in-house and third-party models); the real differentiation lives at the product layer — latency, formatting quality, cross-app experience
ValuationA $2B valuation against an estimated $10-20M in revenue — priced entirely on growth and the category
PathThe path from 'a great tool' to 'a platform' is still unclear; this is more like a high-odds option with a real go-to-zero scenario

Editorial ✎

Good fit for

· People who love consumer products, want early equity, and can stomach a binary outcome

· People who believe voice becomes a primary input method and that Apple can't kill it — if you believe that, this is the best-odds ticket here

Not for

· People who can't stomach a binary outcome

Data changelog

Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record

2026-08-08
累计融资额 filled in as 公开披露的累计融资额为$81M(截至2025年11月),包含2025年6月由Menlo Ventures领投的$30M A轮、更早的种子轮,以及2025年11月由Notable Capital领投的$25M A轮延伸;不包括仍在洽谈中、尚未官宣close的$260M B轮

data as of 2025-11 · Source: TechCrunch

Publicly verifiable
2026-08-08
Remote 政策 filled in as 官方careers页面写'HQ in San Francisco. Open to remote.';但截至2026年8月,公司自己的Ashby招聘板上25个在招职位里有23个标注为on-site(旧金山为主),只有7个职位把'Remote - US'列为可选地点之一,仅2个是hybrid,1个在Bangalore

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Wispr Flow官方careers页 + Ashby招聘板

Publicly verifiable
2026-08-08
最近一轮领投机构 filled in as Notable Capital(2025年11月,最近一轮已完成的融资);另有多家媒体(Bloomberg/TechFundingNews等)报道Menlo Ventures计划领投一笔约$260M、估值~$2B的B轮,但截至研究时仍在洽谈中、未官方确认close

data as of 2025-11 · Source: TechCrunch

Publicly verifiable
2026-08-08
最近一轮估值 filled in as ~$2B(Bloomberg 2026年5月12日独家报道的B轮洽谈目标估值,尚未官方宣布close);最近一轮已完成融资(2025年11月Notable Capital领投)的确认估值为$700M

data as of 2026-05 · Source: Bloomberg(原文付费墙无法直接抓取,通过TechFundingNews/Let's Data Science等转述报道交叉核实)

Publicly verifiable
2026-08-08
招聘状态 filled in as 截至2026年8月,公司Ashby招聘板显示25个在招全职岗位:Software-Core/Platform共10个、Marketing & Growth 5个、General 3个、AI Lab/Product & Design各2个、GTM/Finance/Customer Support各1个;地理上23/25为San Francisco on-site,7个职位含Remote-US选项,1个在Bangalore

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Wispr Flow官方Ashby招聘板

Publicly verifiable
2026-08-08
团队规模 filled in as 第三方估算约100人(LeadIQ,2026年7月数据,团队分布在北美/亚洲/欧洲三大洲)

data as of 2026-07 · Source: LeadIQ

~ 3rd-party estimate
2026-08-08
H1B / 签证担保政策 filled in as 官方careers页面明确写明公司'Visa-friendly',并把'Visa assistance'列为员工福利之一

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Wispr Flow官方careers页

Publicly verifiable
2026-08-08
薪酬模式 filled in as 现金+期权模式,薪资区间在招聘板上公开透明。例如:ML Engineer/ML Scientist $250K–$400K+期权;Software Engineer(Core/Platform) $180K–$350K+期权;Head of Engineering(Enterprise) $320K–$400K+期权;Head of Growth/B2B Marketing Lead $180K–$340K+期权;行政/客服类岗位现金较低且通常不含期权,如Technical Support Engineer $60K–$90K、Office Administrator(兼职) $35–45/小时

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Wispr Flow官方Ashby招聘板

Publicly verifiable
2026-08-08
ARR / 年化收入 filled in as 独立媒体转述的公司自报数字:2024年7月–2025年7月期间年度收入约为$380万美元

data as of 2025-07 · Source: 36Kr (Europe)

Publicly verifiable
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Sponsorship

✓ Publicly verifiable · government data

H-1B recent sponsorship activity Latest

DOL LCA Disclosure Data · FY2024 – FY2026 Q2
Fiscal yearLCAs certifiedPositionsAvg salary
FY202622$293k
FY202411$121k

✓ Wispr Flow has been filing LCAs for H-1B roles recently — actively sponsoring. An LCA is the required first step of an H-1B petition — the most direct public signal of whether a company sponsors right now.

No approvals in FY2021–2023. Most companies on the list were founded after 2022, so missing early records is normal — it doesn't mean they don't sponsor today. Confirm in interviews, or ask insiders in the group.

No records for this company in the imported PERM data. Green-card processes usually start once a company matures.

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