Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation

Wispr announced a new model (Canto) that improves speech understanding by cutting error rates from 30% to under 10%.

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The company said its new model, called Canto, will reduce error rates from 30% to less than 10%.

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17 Aug 2026 13:10 UTC