S9 E21: The Synthetic Audio Frontier: Overthrowing the "Uncanny Valley" and Engineering Ethical, Human-Parity AI Voices with Matt Hocking, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of WellSaid Labs

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · Apr 23, 2024 · 19m

Matt Hocking has a background in design, and started off as a graphic designer in Australia. He moved into lecturing while running a design school, which led him to New York and the startup community. He is a multi founder, which led him to his current venture. Outside of tech and startups, he is a family man, and loves to spend time with his kids - which he calls his startup outside of his startup. He enjoys building and drawing with his son, and doing the best he can to support his young daughter in becoming a princess one day.

In 2018, Matt met his co-founder when joining AI2. While he was…