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Hume AI Hume AI · AI Frontier · New York, NY +1 · Remote · Other

Hume AI is a Series B startup focused on developing AI optimized for human well-being, specifically in speech-language models for voice generation and empathic AI assistants. They are building foundational models that understand and generate emotional expression in voice, aiming to be conversational and empathetic. The company also engages in scientific research and ethical guideline development for empathic AI.

What you'd actually do

  1. joining the effort to build artificial intelligence that is directly optimized for human well-being

Skills

Required

  • science of emotion
  • future of beneficial AI
  • speech-language models
  • voice generation
  • empathic AI
  • understanding and generating subtle tones of voice
  • word emphasis
  • empathy
  • expressiveness
  • naturalness
  • speed
  • streaming language, emotion, and reasoning
  • low latency inference
  • scientific research
  • ethical guidelines for AI

What the JD emphasized

  • optimized for human well-being
  • foundational speech-language models
  • voice generation
  • empathic AI assistants
  • understand and generate subtle tones of voice, word emphasis
  • empathy, expressiveness, naturalness, and speed
  • 100K+ unique voices and styles
  • stream language, emotion, and reasoning
  • truly conversational (<300ms latency)
  • groundbreaking scientific research
  • ethical guidelines for empathic AI

Other signals

  • foundational speech-language models
  • voice generation
  • empathic AI assistants
  • understand and generate subtle tones of voice, word emphasis
  • rated higher than models by OpenAI and others on empathy, expressiveness, naturalness, and speed
  • instantly speak with 100K+ unique voices and styles
  • stream language, emotion, and reasoning
  • fast enough to feel truly conversational (<300ms latency)
  • groundbreaking scientific research
  • ethical guidelines for empathic AI