Blog
Updates from the team.
sep 30, 2026 · 6 min read
1.8% apart: Familiar vs. a human sales rep
Results from outbound lead qualification with Polyborg. We saw similar qualification and booking rates.
aug 24, 2026 · bmw i ventures blog ↗
BMW i Ventures makes a strategic investment in Familiar
Read the announcement on the BMW i Ventures blog.
aug 19, 2026 · 2 min read
MetaVoice is now Familiar
A name that reflects our mission.
jul 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Mia & Leo: AI personalities for outbound sales calls
Meet two AI personalities powered by Familiar, the duplex speech model for outbound sales calls. Fewer people hang-up. More convert.
aug 6, 2025 · 8 min read
Taking the bitter lesson to heart for speech-to-speech models.
Unlocking large-scale conversational data for audio general intelligence, with audio demos of our speech separation model on real overlapping conversation.
feb 6, 2025 · 3 min read
Speech-1: conversational speech model for Voice AI Agents
Announcing our next-generation speech model, designed for customer phone calls, with before/after audio of the issues it fixes.