Point72 Ventures

Point72 Ventures, established in 2016, is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Stamford, Connecticut. It invests primarily in early-stage companies operating in Fintech, AI/ML, and Enterprise technologies. As an independent arm of Point72, the global asset management firm led by Steven Cohen, Point72 Ventures leverages its parent's insights into the global economy to inform its investment decisions. The firm invests in a wide range of sectors, including software, adtech, advanced manufacturing, mortgage tech, and healthcare, with check sizes ranging from $0.25 million to $50 million.

Marta Andres-Terre

Healthcare Investor

Scott Barclay

Partner

Brie Blumenthal

Associate

Noah Carr

Partner, Investments

Sri Chandrasekar

Partner

Elizaveta Chistyakova

Vice President

steven cohen

Founder

Alessandro Contreras

Analyst

Wyeth Coulter

Associate

Sabrina Dammholz

Analyst

Kristen Dumbeck

Vice President

Ryan Fauber

Associate

Matthew Granade

Managing Partner

Gaelen Hendrickson

Associate

James Kibbie

Associate

Graham Littlehale

Associate

Caitlin Lohrenz

Associate

Jeffrey Lu

Vice President

Dave Matter

Operating Partner, FinTech Ventures

Cameron McGinn

Associate

Cody Ng

Associate

Parker Odrich

Associate

Olivia Ostrover

Associate

Sunny Parikh

Operating Partner

Sugam Sarin

Principal, Investment

Ben Shor

Associate

Tripp Shriner

Partner

Ishan Sinha

Principal

Tara Stokes

Principal, Investment

Alex Tarhini

Operating Partner

Past deals in Speech Recognition

Buddy.ai

Seed Round in 2024
Buddy.ai is an innovative company that offers a voice-based virtual tutoring platform designed to teach English to children worldwide. Utilizing proprietary speech and virtual human technologies, Buddy.ai addresses language learning challenges by providing an engaging and adaptive learning experience through a cartoon character tutor. The platform enables users to give children unlimited speaking practice, making it a cost-effective alternative to traditional tutoring. With a focus on native Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Polish speakers, Buddy.ai aims to make English language learning accessible to millions, with plans to expand into additional languages. The company has achieved significant market presence, ranking in the Top 10 of the App Store’s Kids and Education charts in various countries across Latin America and Europe. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Buddy.ai has generated over $4.5 million in sales and is recognized with multiple international awards for its contributions to educational technology.

PolyAI

Series C in 2024
PolyAI Ltd is a company that specializes in developing a conversational artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing human-machine voice interactions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in New York, the company focuses on creating enterprise voice assistants capable of engaging in natural conversations with customers. These assistants utilize advanced machine learning and natural language processing to understand and respond to customer inquiries, regardless of phrasing or dialect. The platform supports features such as multilingual capabilities, data acquisition, and dynamic flow design, facilitating the creation of human-like interactions and improving customer service experiences across various industries.

Tomato.ai

Seed Round in 2023
Tomato.ai specializes in artificial intelligence-based voice clarity software that enhances the intelligibility of offshore agents during calls. By softening accents and implementing advanced noise cancellation solutions, the company aims to improve communication between agents and clients, fostering trust and understanding. This technology not only facilitates more effective conversations but also enables businesses to hire a larger pool of offshore agents, ultimately leading to increased savings and sales while reducing agent churn. Through its innovative approach, Tomato.ai seeks to enhance the overall efficiency of agent interactions.

PolyAI

Series B in 2022
PolyAI Ltd is a company that specializes in developing a conversational artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing human-machine voice interactions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in New York, the company focuses on creating enterprise voice assistants capable of engaging in natural conversations with customers. These assistants utilize advanced machine learning and natural language processing to understand and respond to customer inquiries, regardless of phrasing or dialect. The platform supports features such as multilingual capabilities, data acquisition, and dynamic flow design, facilitating the creation of human-like interactions and improving customer service experiences across various industries.

Tenyx

Seed Round in 2022
Tenyx is a developer of advanced voice-based intelligent technologies that leverage proprietary neuroscience-inspired artificial intelligence. The company's platform is designed to enhance customer service by creating intelligent voice agents capable of addressing core challenges faced by current AI services. Tenyx's technology allows clients to continuously learn and adapt from new information in real-time, thereby improving the efficiency and effectiveness of customer interactions.

PolyAI

Series A in 2021
PolyAI Ltd is a company that specializes in developing a conversational artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing human-machine voice interactions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in New York, the company focuses on creating enterprise voice assistants capable of engaging in natural conversations with customers. These assistants utilize advanced machine learning and natural language processing to understand and respond to customer inquiries, regardless of phrasing or dialect. The platform supports features such as multilingual capabilities, data acquisition, and dynamic flow design, facilitating the creation of human-like interactions and improving customer service experiences across various industries.

PolyAI

Series A in 2019
PolyAI Ltd is a company that specializes in developing a conversational artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing human-machine voice interactions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in New York, the company focuses on creating enterprise voice assistants capable of engaging in natural conversations with customers. These assistants utilize advanced machine learning and natural language processing to understand and respond to customer inquiries, regardless of phrasing or dialect. The platform supports features such as multilingual capabilities, data acquisition, and dynamic flow design, facilitating the creation of human-like interactions and improving customer service experiences across various industries.

Apprente

Seed Round in 2018
Apprente, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in machine intelligent systems that leverage neuroscience-inspired artificial intelligence. Incorporated in 2017, the company focuses on developing voice-based conversational agents to enhance customer service interactions. Its technology is designed to automate these interactions through integrable systems that understand context and provide a sense of immediacy akin to human communication. As of October 2019, Apprente operates as a subsidiary of McDonald's Corporation, contributing to the enterprise's efforts to innovate customer engagement through intelligent automation.
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