Neosapience

Neosapience is a South Korean artificial intelligence company operating at the intersection of synthetic media and content creation. The firm was established in 2017 by Taesu Kim, a former senior engineer at Qualcomm with a Ph.D. in machine learning-based speech and audio processing from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). Kim's two decades of experience, including roles at LG Electronics and Qualcomm developing technologies like speech recognition and audio enhancement, formed the technical foundation for Neosapience's core mission.

The company's flagship product is Typecast, a web-based platform that enables users to generate audio and video content from text scripts. The service is designed for a broad client base, from individual content creators and YouTubers to enterprise-level customers like book publishers and broadcasting networks. Revenue is generated through a subscription model, offering different tiers of access to its library of virtual actors and features. Since its launch in November 2019, Typecast has seen consistent monthly revenue growth and has attracted over two million users across 225 countries.

Typecast's technology distinguishes itself by focusing on emotional expression. The platform moves beyond robotic text-to-speech by synthesizing voices that convey a range of emotions such as happiness, sadness, and anger. This is achieved by training deep neural networks on vast datasets of recordings from professional human actors and newscasters. Users can simply input a script, select a virtual actor, and adjust parameters to control the performance. Initially offering AI voice actors, the service has expanded to include AI video avatars, which synchronize realistic facial expressions and mouth movements to the generated audio. A key differentiator is its ability to make these virtual actors sing and rap, as well as speak in multiple languages, including English, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish, while retaining the core vocal identity.

Significant milestones for Neosapience include securing a $21.5 million Series B funding round in February 2022, led by BRV Capital Management, to fuel product development and U.S. expansion. The company has demonstrated its technical capabilities through high-profile projects, such as recreating the voice of a deceased daughter for a VR documentary and generating a convincing Korean-language speech for former U.S. President Donald Trump.

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