Audio data startup David AI completes $50 million Series B funding, led by Meritech

David AI has completed a $50 million Series B funding round, led by Meritech, with participation from Nvidia, Alt Capital, First Round Capital, Amplify Partners, and Y Combinator.

The company focuses on designing, testing, and collecting audio datasets for AI applications, collaborating with major tech companies to improve audio and speech AI models. The funds will be used to develop the data resources needed for audio AI systems to address the challenges of creating audio datasets related to emotions, tone, accents, and multilingualism.