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Phonic launches a voice model that calls tools before the person finishes speaking and raises $27.5 million

Startup Phonic launched Phonic-1, a voice model for agents that starts calling tools (such as looking up an order) while the person is still speaking, to cut the wait. The company announced a $27.5 million Series A led by First Round, bringing its total raised to $31.5 million, and says the model ranked 1st on Artificial Analysis's speech-to-speech leaderboard.