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title: "Voice AI startup Wispr raised a $280M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $361M, and now has 100K business customers"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/voice-ai-startup-wispr-raised-a-280m-series-b-led-by-menlo-ventures-at-899d3566
published: 2026-08-18T09:00:01.033Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Voice AI startup Wispr raised a $280M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $361M, and now has 100K business customers

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-08-18 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/voice-ai-startup-wispr-raised-a-280m-series-b-led-by-menlo-ventures-at-899d3566

In this story: [Menlo Ventures](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/menlo-ventures)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/wispr-2-billion-valuation-dictations-only-the-beginning/)

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