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Wispr Flow CEO Tanay Kothari on Voice-First AI and the End of the Keyboard

By Auren Hoffman
Tanay Kothari, co-founder and CEO of Wispr Flow, in conversation with Auren Hoffman
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Tanay Kothari is the co-founder and CEO of Wispr Flow, a voice-first AI assistant that recently raised $56 million in Series A funding.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Tanay and Auren discuss:

  • Why Apple and Google's dictation tools fail
  • What AI-first devices will actually look like
  • Pivoting from hardware to software
  • Voice replacing nearly three-quarters of keyboard usage

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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant.