6 Best Transcription Startups to Watch in 2026

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Transcription Startups

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There are 6 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $857.8m. The average funding per company in this subset is $143.0m.

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Verbit

13

Funding Rounds

$818.0m

Money raised

Verbit uses smart AI technology to disrupt captioning and transcription with speed and automation.

Industries:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software Transcription

Location:

New York

Key people:

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Trint

4

Funding Rounds

$18.8m

Money raised

Platform that turns recorded content into searchable, trustworthy text through automated speech-to-text transcription.

Industries:

Software as a service (SaaS) Media and Entertainment Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Location:

London
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TalkIQ

2

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

TalkIQ is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013 by John Evans, Aaron Adelson, Etienne Manderscheid and Jim Palmer.

Industries:

Transcription Technology Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Location:

San Francisco

Key people:

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Medcorder

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

An app to record and transcribe conversations with your doctor to share with family and close friends.

Industries:

Healthcare Health technology Communication

Location:

Redwood City, California

Key people:

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Rev (company)

1

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

Rev is a company founded in 2010 by Josh Breinlinger, Jason Chicola, David Abrameto, Dan Kokotov, Mark Chen and Paul Huck.

Industries:

Technology Local search (Internet) Freelancer

Location:

San Francisco Austin, Texas Texas

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Smartzer

1

Funding Rounds

Smartzer is a provider of an interactive and shoppable video platform.

Industries:

E-commerce Social commerce Advertising

Location:

London

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