Jun 30, 2026
Lucida AI Closes $7M Seed for Speech-to-Speech AI
Lucida AI has completed its seed round at $7M after adding a $1.6M extension, backed by Velocity Capital and a cohort of international investors. The startup's proprietary Speech Language Model powers real-time spoken AI interactions — no text prompts required. With 3 million users and 2.2 billion minutes of spoken interaction logged, the company is pushing deeper into enterprise and new language markets.