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Rime

San Francisco, United States

seed$24M raisedNLP & SpeechEnterprise SoftwareAI Infrastructure

Total Raised

$24M

Stage

seed

Location

San Francisco, United States

Founded

2022

Team size

11-50

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About Rime

Enterprise voice AI company that records conversational training data and uses phoneme-based architecture for industry-specific terminology without retraining.

What sets it apart

Rime's models are trained on a proprietary dataset of real conversations with everyday speakers rather than audiobook narrators, producing authentic laughs, sighs, and filler prosody that traditional TTS cannot replicate.

Sectors

NLP & SpeechEnterprise SoftwareAI Infrastructure

Business

ModelSaaS

CustomerEnterprise call centers, fast food chains, healthcare providers, and telecom companies running customer experiences at scale

Notable

  • Raised $5.5M seed round led by Unusual Ventures in May 2025
  • Powers 100M+ phone conversations monthly for clients including Domino's and Wingstop
  • Served over 1 billion cumulative calls
  • SOC 2 Type II certified and HIPAA compliant
  • Offers on-premise deployment option with sub-100ms latency

Backing funds on Raise

Funding rounds

5 Aug 2026

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15 Jul 2026

Led by M13, M13 Ventures

With Twilio Ventures, Corazon Capital, Unusual Ventures

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FAQ

What does Rime do?

Enterprise voice AI company that records conversational training data and uses phoneme-based architecture for industry-specific terminology without retraining.

Where is Rime based?

Rime is based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2022.

How much has Rime raised?

Rime has raised $24M in tracked funding and is currently at the seed stage.

Who has invested in Rime?

Investors in Rime include Unusual Ventures, Founders You Should Know, Cadenza Capital, Aaron King and Alex Levin.