Inworld acquires Ultravox to advance voice AI capabilities
The acquisition integrates Ultravox's real-time speech technology with Inworld's TTS models. Existing customers face no migration requirements or code changes.
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Realtime voice models and inference infrastructure for consumer applications
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In short: Inworld led TTS benchmarks, launched Realtime TTS-2 and Inference, acquired Ultravox, and cut prices.
The acquisition integrates Ultravox's real-time speech technology with Inworld's TTS models. Existing customers face no migration requirements or code changes.
New voice model enables realtime conversation with tone awareness, voice direction, crosslingual support, and API integration. Available as research preview.
Integration took less than a week. A/B test shows 40% TTS cost reduction, 7% feature usage increase, 4% retention lift, and improved conversions.
Users swap base_url for LLM and use REST endpoint for Realtime TTS with 271+ voices and cloning. Published April 2026.
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