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Meta Platforms has acquired WaveForms AI, a startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to understand and replicate emotion in audio, according to The Information.
The company was founded by Alexis Conneau, who previously worked on audio research at Meta and OpenAI, and Coralie Lemaitre, a former ad strategist at Google.
Launched in December 2024, WaveForms AI had earlier announced receiving $40 million of funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Following the acquisition, Conneau and Lemaitre will join Meta’s new AI division,
