Sanas

Sanas was founded in 2020 by Russian Maxim Serebryakov and Sean Zhang. The company, based in Palo Alto, California, is developing software designed to reduce language barriers and misalignment of emphasis when communicating. The company's software is a real-time accent translation technology that allows speakers to speak with any accent without noticeable delay, allowing users to better understand each other and be able to choose a form of communication.

History

Bringing in $32 million in investments

On June 22, 2022, Sanas announced the raising of $32 million. The A Series funding round was led by Insight Partners with input from GV, Assurance Ventures, Gokul Rajaram, Human Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital and DN Capital.

The investment deal will see Ganesh Bell, managing director of Insight Partners, as well as Ram Gupta, who has served on the boards of Postman, Nexus Venture Partners, ThinkGeek and Neeyamo, join the board.

Sanas, a developer of speech recognition technologies founded by a Russian, raised $32 million

The company intends to use the funds received to accelerate growth, expand operations for further research and development, as well as to open a headquarters in India, which will expand the global reach of Sanas and attract talented developers. Alorica, one of the world's largest companies in the business process outsourcing services market, announced a strategic partnership with Sanas to implement partner technology for its 100,000 employees and 250 corporate clients.

{{quote 'The goal of Sanas has always been to bring people together and give them a choice of communication style - something that was previously possible only with the help of extensive speech pathology, "said Maxim Serebryakov, CEO of Sanas. Just as social media platforms allow users to control how they physically look on the internet, this technology allows anyone to have the same control - not for how they look, but for how they sound. With this funding, we will be able to continue our mission and refine our artificial intelligence taking advantage of a cutting-edge approach in machine learning not mastered before Sanas. }} The company emphasizes the high personality of the software, explaining that it can only be used by an individual speaker, which allows them to control their voice, and only by their own voice on their own command. Local software also provides the ability to use 800 + communication applications, and guarantees the security of corporate data. Sanas argues that there are many different reasons why a person may want to change their speech - beta users describe a variety of reasons: fluent proficiency in a foreign language, connection with their roots, elimination of prejudice, or simply for fun^[1]

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