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Alexis Conneau Turns Controversy Into $40M WaveForms AI Startup

Emerging from stealth today, WaveForms AI announced $40 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), valuing the startup at $200 million.
In September, Alexis Conneau made headlines when he departed OpenAI, where he led the development of ChatGPT's advanced voice features. The project had sparked controversy when one of its AI-generated voices bore a striking resemblance to actress Scarlett Johansson. Johansson revealed she had been approached to license her voice for the project and had refused. Although OpenAI denied intentionally mimicking Johansson's voice, comparisons to her role in the 2013 film Her were unavoidable, igniting debates around AI ethics and imitation. Now, Conneau is charting a new course with WaveForms AI, co-founded with Coralie Lamaitre, an engineer turned strategist. Emerging from stealth today, WaveForms AI announced $40 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), valuing the startu
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Anshika Mathews
Anshika is the Senior Content Strategist for AIM Research. She holds a keen interest in technology and related policy-making and its impact on society. She can be reached at anshika.mathews@aimresearch.co
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