Voice AI startup Wispr raised a $280M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $361M, and now has 100K business customers (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

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https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/wispr-2-billion-valuation-dictations-only-the-beginning/">Voice AI startup Wispr raised a $280M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $361M, and now has 100K business customers  —  Tanay Kothari saw Iron Man when he was 10 years old.  —  It was 2008 and he wasn't entranced with Tony Stark.

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