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Modulate is a frontier AI voice company pioneering new AI architecture, Ensemble Listening Models (ELM), a new approach to AI that monumentally outperforms foundation model LLMs on accuracy and cost.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 30, 2026
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I'm Fine. (opens the original)
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“I’m fine.” Five times. Five completely different conversations. In this cinematic voice AI experiment, we show what happens when the same words are spoken with different emotions, tones, and intent. A traditional transcript captures the words — but not the hesitation, tone, emotion, or meaning behind them. That’s the problem with treating voice as text. Velma by Modulate is built to understand multiple layers of human speech directly from the audio, in real time — going beyond speech-to-text to
The Moment Modulate Started to Feel Like a Real Company #Hiring (opens the original)
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What does it feel like when a startup finally becomes a team? In this Short, Modulate Co-founder Mike Pappas shares one of the most memorable moments from Modulate’s early days - when he and Carter (CEO) returned exhausted from a day trip to San Francisco and found their first employees already at work, solving problems together. For Mike, it was the moment he realized Modulate had become something bigger than its founders. Building an AI company isn’t just about the technology - it’s about the
Why this Startup Built Its Voice AI for the Long Term (opens the original)
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Why build a voice AI company if the goal isn’t to sell it? In this Short, Modulate co-founder Mike Pappas explains the long-term vision behind Modulate: helping businesses understand more from audio and human conversations - beyond speech-to-text and into the nuance of how people communicate. Voice AI can do more than transcribe conversations; it can reveal insights that help companies better understand their customers, communities, and conversations. Learn more about Modulate: https://hubs.ly/Q
Your Voice Says More Than Your Words | Voice AI Explained (opens the original)
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Your words can say one thing. Your voice can tell you something completely different. Humans naturally pick up on tone, hesitation, emotion, cadence, and subtle vocal cues to understand what someone really means. Traditional speech-to-text captures the words — but misses much of the meaning carried in how those words are spoken. In this video, we explore why voice AI needs to go beyond transcription and how Velma by Modulate analyzes the layers of human speech that live underneath the transcript
What Is Audio-Native Voice Intelligence? | Modulate CTO Explains Velma (opens the original)
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What is audio-native voice intelligence, and how is it different from a standard voice AI observability tool? 👀 Modulate CEO and co-founder Carter Huffman explains Velma, Modulate's ensemble listening model that analyzes raw call audio directly - without routing through a transcript first. Unlike tools that re-run a transcript through another LLM, Velma composes many small, efficient models (each tuned to a signal like emotion, tone, cadence, or deepfake detection) into a single understanding of
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