Alexis Conneau is the founder of WaveForms AI. WaveForms AI has raised $40M in total funding. Latest round: Seed. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz.
Alexis Conneau is the Co-founder and CEO of WaveForms AI, an audio AI startup focused on training foundation models for real-time audio-text LLMs that replicate human emotion in voice. Prior to WaveForms AI, he was a lead developer of OpenAI's voice assistant project and the creator of ChatGPT's voice features. The company raised $40 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and was acquired by Meta Platforms in August 2025.
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