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Two seasoned venture capital investors, Shesh Amathnadu and Pramod Gosavi, joined the Investor Panel at SlatorCon Silicon Valley in early September. The pair shared their view on the language AI thesis and areas of opportunity within language AI with a 200-strong audience.  Amathnadu is Senior Investment Director at SK Telecom Ventures, the corporate venture arm of South Korea’s largest telecom operator SK, whose investments include Anthropic, Perplexity, and 12 Labs. Gosavi is Senior Principal at Blumberg Capital, a US-based B2B generalist investor, which makes investments from Pre-Seed to Series B from its two funds. With solid engineering backgrounds and more than a decade of investment experience, both Amathnadu and Gosavi have become experts in AI investing. Amathnadu discussed the current AI cycle and described the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 as an inflection point, which created a “clear differentiation of traditional machine learning [ML] versus generative AI.” In summary of ...

Introduction Artificial intelligence is changing how we create and consume audio. Microsoft’s new VibeVoice is a revolutionary text-to-speech (TTS) model that generates up to 90 minutes of continuous, multi-speaker audio . Whether for podcasts, e-learning, or storytelling, VibeVoice opens up new possibilities for creators, educators, and developers. What Makes VibeVoice Special Unlike traditional TTS systems that handle short clips, VibeVoice can sustain long conversations with up to four different speakers . The voices flow naturally, maintaining consistency and rhythm across lengthy dialogues. It’s not just about duration—VibeVoice also brings expressiveness and realism . Listeners experience natural pauses, intonations, and even subtle variations that make AI speech sound closer to human conversation. The Technology Behind VibeVoice Smart Tokenization VibeVoice uses a unique method of breaking down audio into tokens. This allows the system to process speech efficiently while...

  The Language AI Revolution is Here In a world where artificial intelligence is redefining how we communicate, Language AI has emerged as one of the most transformative technologies of our time. From real-time translation to sentiment analysis, these innovations are powering global businesses, governments, and even humanitarian aid. One of the most exciting updates in this space comes from Slator’s 2025 Language AI 50 Under 50 list—a powerful showcase of the world’s brightest and boldest minds reshaping how humans and machines understand each other. What is Slator’s 50 Under 50 List? A Global Recognition of Talent The Slator Language AI 50 Under 50 list highlights professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs under the age of 50 who are making significant strides in the language AI space. These include innovators from translation technology, generative AI, speech recognition, NLP, and more. What sets this list apart is its diverse representation of industries—from academ...