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    Smallest AI

    Building AGI with small, efficient multi-modal models (<10B parameters) to make speaking to AI as natural and low-latency as speaking to a human.

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    At a Glance

    1Tool Listed
    5Products
    23Tool Views
    7Capabilities
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    San Francisco, CAHeadquarters
    2023Est.
    90Employees
    $8MRaised
    Focus Areas
    Voice Synthesis
    Conversational Agents
    Speech Recognition
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    Latest News
    Smallest.ai raises $8M seed to redefine enterprise Voice AIOct 9, 2025
    Smallest.ai to use $8 million seed funding to train multimodal AI model 'Hydra'Oct 1, 2025
    Markets
    • Enterprise Contact Centers
    • Fintech
    • Healthcare
    • B2C AI Applications
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    Smallest AI

    Efficient Multimodal AI Models Platform

    Voice SynthesisConversational AISpeech Recognition

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    Latest News

    10/09/2025

    Smallest.ai raises $8M seed to redefine enterprise Voice AI

    Yahoo Finance / Accesswire
    10/01/2025

    Smallest.ai to use $8 million seed funding to train multimodal AI model 'Hydra'

    CNBC TV18
    07/01/2024

    Launch of Lightning V2: Ultra-low latency voice synthesis

    LinkedIn / Company Blog
    10/01/2025

    Smallest.ai: Disrupting Speech AI with Cost-Effective Innovation

    Tech Times

    Products & Services

    5
    Lightning (TTS)
    2024

    Ultra-fast text-to-speech model with sub-100ms latency, supporting 30+ languages and human-like emotional voices.

    Hydra (S2S)
    October 2025

    A full-duplex multimodal speech-to-speech model designed for natural, real-time conversations.

    Electron (SLM)
    2024

    Small language model with <3B parameters specialized for conversational use cases and high efficiency.

    Pulse (STT)
    March 2024

    Speech-to-text model series supporting 38+ languages with code-switching and emotional detection.

    Market Position

    Positioned as a high-efficiency alternative to large-scale models like OpenAI or ElevenLabs, emphasizing sub-100ms latency and specialized small models for enterprise production.

    Leadership

    Founders

    SK

    Sudarshan Kamath

    Previously a Senior Engineer for Self-Driving Vehicles at Bosch. Also worked as a Product Associate at Toppr. Alumnus of IIT Guwahati.

    AM

    Akshat Mandloi

    Co-founder and CTO. Previously an engineer at Bosch (Self-driving vehicles). Alumnus of IIT Delhi. Focused on high-efficiency model architectures.

    Executive Team

    SK

    Sudarshan Kamath

    Co-founder & CEO

    Former Bosch self-driving engineer, Toppr product lead.

    AM

    Akshat Mandloi

    Co-founder & CTO

    Former Bosch engineer, technical lead for model efficiency.

    Board of Directors

    TG
    Tim Guleri
    Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures

    Founding Story

    Founded by Sudarshan Kamath and Akshat Mandloi, who previously worked on large-scale models for self-driving cars at Bosch. They recognized that large models had latency and cost barriers for real-time voice applications. They started Smallest AI to fix the 'latency problem' by developing highly efficient, small models (<10B parameters) specifically for enterprise voice use cases.

    Business Model

    Revenue
    Not publicly reported; estimated to be in the early growth stage with high-volume call production (1B+ calls/month capacity).

    Revenue Model

    API usage fees for models (Wave/Lightning), tiered subscriptions for the Atoms agent platform, and custom enterprise licensing.

    Pricing Tiers

    Lightning V2 API
    ~$0.20 per 10k chars

    Base rate for low-latency TTS usage.

    Atoms Platform
    Free / Pro / Enterprise

    Tiered access based on number of concurrent requests and voice agents.

    Private

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • Enterprise Contact Centers
    • Fintech
    • Healthcare
    • B2C AI Applications
    • Logistics
    Use Cases
    • Enterprise contact center automation
    • Real estate lead generation
    • Debt collection and financial services
    • Healthcare and medical communication
    • Sales and recruitment screening
    • AI companions and celebrity clones
    Notable Customers
    • Paytm Labs
    • B2C startup ecosystems

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, CA
    Founded
    2023
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    90
    Total Funding
    $8M
    Investors
    Sierra Ventures, 3one4 Capital
    Office Locations
    San Francisco
    Bengaluru

    Funding History

    Seed$8,000,000
    October 2025
    Sierra Ventures

    History & Milestones

    October 2025

    Raised $8 million in seed funding led by Sierra Ventures.

    October 2025

    Announced 'Hydra', a full-duplex speech-to-speech multimodal model.

    March 2024

    Released 'Pulse', a high-accuracy speech-to-text (STT) model series supporting 38+ languages.

    July 2024

    Launched 'Lightning V2', an ultra-low latency text-to-speech model with <100ms time-to-first-byte.

    2023

    Smallest AI founded in Bengaluru and San Francisco.

    Key Capabilities

    7
    Ultra-low latency (<100ms TTFB)
    Human-like emotional voices
    Multilingual support (38+ languages)
    On-premise deployment options
    Voice cloning with minimal data
    Full-duplex speech-to-speech interaction

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • Python SDK
    • Node.js SDK
    • REST API
    • Enterprise contact center software (NICE, etc. via Atoms)

    Key Partnerships

    Sierra Ventures portfolio network
    Strategic tech platform integrations

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    smallest.ai
    GitHub
    smallest-inc

    AI Topics

    3

    Smallest AI focuses on these topics:

    Voice Synthesis(1)
    Conversational Agents(1)
    Speech Recognition(1)
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