GoKawiilModulate raises $25M to expand voice analysis and deepfake detection tools
Boston startup Modulate has closed a $25 million funding round led by Future Ventures, with Hyperplane and Lakestar also participating. The company, founded in 2017 by Mike Pappas and Carter Huffman, runs over 100 models split between signal extraction (detecting emotion, tone, and synthetic voices) and analysis models that assess conversational intent and policy compliance for enterprise voice agents.
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The round reflects growing investor interest in voice AI infrastructure that goes beyond generating human-like speech to verifying and interpreting it, according to the report. As voice cloning becomes easier, tools that detect deepfakes and analyze conversational intent could become critical for regulated industries relying on voice agents, positioning Modulate against rivals building similar detection and moderation systems.
- Modulate raised $25M led by Future Ventures, with Hyperplane and Lakestar participating.
- The company previously raised $41M at a $170M valuation, per PitchBook.
- Modulate operates 100+ models for emotion detection, deepfake identification, and conversational intent analysis.
Source: techcrunch.com — Ivan Mehta, 2026-09-28
Published there as: “Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite”
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