- Published on August 16, 2025
- In AI Startups
Voicing AI Loves India, But Knows Startups Still Struggle Here
LTIMindtree invested $6 million in Voicing AI that brings human-like voice capability across more than 20 languages.
- By Mohit Pandey
When Abhi Kumar founded Voicing AI in 2024, his experience with markets’ response to emerging technologies came into play, particularly how to deal with the initial resistance.
He had managed Microsoft’s emerging market strategy globally, co-heading its AI investment fund M12, and having deployed over $1.2 billion across 120 companies between 2019 and 2023.
Back in 2014, when Satya Nadella took over Microsoft, Kumar remembers questioning the company’s leadership: how many of you have sent a WhatsApp or WeChat message in the last 24 hours? Half the hands went up, mostly among employees from India or China.
“Americans had no idea about WhatsApp or WeChat. They used text messaging,” he said. That insight eventually shaped Voicing AI. It was there he began formin
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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