Spotify Acquires Sonantic (AI Voice Platform)

SoundHound AI to Acquire LivePerson to Build Omnichannel Conversational AI Platform

April 24, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

SoundHound AI has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LivePerson for an equity value of $43 million (about $250 million enterprise value after debt adjustments). The combination unifies SoundHound’s voice and agentic AI with LivePerson’s Conversational Cloud to deliver an end-to-end omnichannel conversational AI platform for enterprises across 30+ countries.

Meta Acquires PlayAI

July 13, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Meta Platforms, Inc. has acquired PlayAI, a startup that builds hyper-realistic voice generation and cloning technology. The financial terms were not disclosed; Meta said the entire PlayAI team will join and that the acquisition aligns with its roadmap across AI Characters, Meta AI, wearables and audio content creation.

Datatonic Acquires Syntio

April 26, 2025

Data & Analytics

Datatonic, a London-headquartered cloud data and AI consultancy, has acquired Syntio, a Zagreb-based data engineering specialist. The acquisition strengthens Datatonic’s data engineering capabilities and expands its European client base across telcos, central banks and retailers while augmenting its Generative AI and data platform services.

Voices Acquires Voices.ai to Launch Developer Platform for Voice Applications

April 24, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

Voices, the global voice-over marketplace, has acquired Voices.ai and plans to launch a next-generation developer platform for voice applications that will include APIs, libraries, documentation and cloud infrastructure. The acquisition supports Voices’ push into AI-generated voices and developer-focused tools to serve use cases such as voice assistants, eLearning and real-time synthetic voice applications.

Sabio Group Acquires Voicebot Specialist Fonetic

March 14, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Sabio Group has acquired Fonetic, a Spanish provider of cloud-enabled AI voicebots, chatbots and customer behaviour analytics, to strengthen Sabio’s AI and automation capabilities within its CX services portfolio. The acquisition brings Fonetic’s conversational AI, NLP and voice recognition solutions — which handle hundreds of millions of interactions annually for major insurers, banks and telecom clients — into Sabio’s multi-vendor CX offering.

Sensory Acquires Vocalize.ai

February 13, 2019

AI & Machine Learning

Sensory Inc. acquired Vocalize.ai, a software tools and services provider that benchmarks and evaluates speech recognition and natural language interfaces. Vocalize.ai will operate as an independent division under Sensory to provide independent, real-world testing and benchmarking capabilities to Sensory and the broader voice-enabled industry.