Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation

It’s also partnering with hardware makers, like the Oasis ring, to let customers dictate on their devices without speaking loudly. Separately, with its meeting notetaker, it’s taking on others in the space like Granola, Fireflies, and Read AI. While Wispr’s notetaker can display summaries and action items, there is scope for it to integrate with other tools and make updates or create documents or email drafts.

Last month, the startup announced Wispr Interface Labs under Ariya Rastrow, who was one of the people to work on Amazon Alexa in its early days. With this lab, Wispr aims to explore new interfaces for human-computer interaction.