Meta acquires voice startup Play AI

Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that makes use of AI to generate human-sounding voices.

A Meta spokesperson has confirmed the acquisition, according to Bloomberg, which additionally stories that an inner memo acknowledged that the “complete PlayAI staff” can be becoming a member of the corporate subsequent week. (TechCrunch has additionally reached out to Meta for affirmation.)

Meta’s memo reportedly stated that PlayAI’s “work in creating pure voices, together with a platform for straightforward voice creation, is a good match for our work and highway map, throughout AI Characters, Meta AI, Wearables and audio content material creation.”

The corporate has been making huge investments in AI, together with aggressive recruiting from OpenAI and a deal with Scale AI that noticed the corporate’s CEO Alexandr Wang becoming a member of Meta to steer a brand new group targeted on superintelligence.

The monetary phrases of the acquisition weren’t disclosed. Bloomberg had beforehand reported that the two companies were in acquisition talks.