If you have a teen or tween you’ve probably heard of Roblox. The company was founded back in 2006, they have over 200 million monthly active users, and the company was valued around $16.97 billion as of September 2023.
Back in 2021 Roblox announced they would be adding voice chat to their platform. To aid in implementing voice chat the company just announced they’ve acquired voice moderation startup Speechly to offer voice chat moderation, real-time transcription and Voice API, AI voice technology, and voice interfaces to their platform.
Terms of the deal haven’t been released, but Speechly was founded in 2016 and has raised company raised $7.53 million to date.