Brandon Yang (Cartesia) at the Cerebral Valley Voice Summit

The startup Cartesia has built up a reputation for having some of the lowest latency text-to-speech models, but co-founder Brandon Yang noted on-stage that the evals for voice models are difficult to complete, given that what constitutes “natural speech” is quite subjective. Many models are still constrained by language, with performance varying much more widely in non-English conversations. The Cerebral Valley Voice Summit was hosted by Eric Newcomer, Max Child, and James Wilsterman on May 6 in San Francisco. Big thanks to our sponsors Baseten, Felicis, Nebius, AssemblyAI, and Weekend. 👇 Watch more from The Newcomer Podcast: • Newcomer Podcast 🔗 Read more at newcomer.co 🐦 Follow us: @NewcomerMedia If you want honest, insider analysis from the heart of tech and venture capital…you’re in the right place.