Overview
- CEO Alan Cowen and roughly seven Hume AI engineers are joining Google DeepMind to work on Gemini’s voice and emotional‑intelligence features.
- Google has licensed Hume AI’s technology on a non‑exclusive basis, and Hume will continue supplying its tools to other AI labs.
- Financial terms were not disclosed, and both companies declined to share additional details beyond the licensing and team moves reported.
- Hume AI named Appen veteran Andrew Ettinger as its new CEO and says it plans further model releases as it doubles down on its voice data, annotation, and RLHE infrastructure.
- Hume AI projects about $100 million in 2026 revenue after raising roughly $74–80 million to date, as regulators signal closer scrutiny of aqui‑hire‑style deals across the AI sector.