About Hume AI
Hume AI is a research lab and technology company building AI systems with emotional intelligence, offering scientifically grounded datasets, speech models, evaluation frameworks, and human feedback pipelines for voice AI. Their core products include the Empathic Voice Interface (EVI), a real-time speech-to-speech model, and Octave, a text-to-speech engine, serving developers and enterprises building emotionally intelligent voice experiences. The company's mission is to ensure AI is built to serve human goals and emotional well-being.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$67.7M
Last stage
Growth
Investors
Founders
Alan Cowen
PhD in Psychology from UC Berkeley, previously led the Affective Computing team at Google AI. Pioneer of semantic space theory. Co-founded Hume AI in 2021. Joined Google DeepMind in January 2026 as part of a technology licensing deal.
LinkedInJohn Beadle
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Aegis Ventures. Lead investor in Hume AI. Previously at APL Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and John Laing Group. Harvard BA and Schwarzman Scholar (Tsinghua). Sits on Hume AI's board of directors.
Janet Ho
Formerly a managing partner at Aegis Ventures with operational and product expertise.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.