Hume AI

Hume AI is a Series B startup dedicated to building artificial intelligence that is directly optimized for human well-being.

Latest funding

$50M Series B+ · March 25, 2024

Led by EQT Ventures · Source: hume.ai

Latest round on record: Series B+, May 2026, amount undisclosed.

Total raised: $62.7M across 2 sourced rounds

All 4 rounds ↓

Website: hume.ai.

X: @hume_ai · 23,754 followers.

GitHub: humeai.

LinkedIn: hume-ai.

Categories: Foundation models and research Voice and audio AI Education.

Sectors: Apps, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Information Technology, Machine Learning, Software.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: New York, United States.

Founded: 2021.

Total raised: $62.7M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: May 4, 2026 · 195 days ago.

Headcount: 11–50 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@hume_ai · created Mar 9, 2021 (5 years old) · 23,754 followers

Website registeredApr 6, 2020 (6 years old)

About Hume AI

As the first company to release speech language models, we’re focused on expanding our research to encompass audio understanding models and evaluation platforms for enterprises.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Hume AI | 1025 days from website to first raise on record

@hume_ai·Raised $63M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
May 4, 2026	Series B+	undisclosed	—	fundraisingfox.com
Mar 25, 2024	Series B+	$50M	EEQT Ventures	hume.ai
Jan 26, 2023	Series A	$12.7M	UUnion Square Ventures	citybiz

Timeline

March 9, 2021
X account created
April 6, 2020
Website created
Batch 2
AAI Grant · batch
Source: aigrant.com

Founders and team

AC
Alan Cowen Founder

@AlanCowen · LinkedIn · source: x.com
JB
John Beadle Founder

@Beadlemania_ · LinkedIn
AE
Andrew Ettinger Chief Executive Officer
RH
Rob Hughes Customer Engineer

Investors

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Sources and API

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