Speko
AI Evaluation & Observability · Speech & Audio AI
1hiring now · +1 posted in 30 days
1backers · Y Combinator
10+team · employees, estimated range
7technologies in use
Overview
Every voice model is benchmarked in English. Your users don't speak English. Speko measures 59 speech and language models across 10 languages, then routes each session to the one that actually wins.
Funding and backers
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Y Combinator
Momentum
28/100
hiring for its size, rising traction
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 17
On the Hacker News front page Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI · 118 points
Jun 2026
Went through Y Combinator
May 11
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: YC Interview Simulator (Voice of Garry Tan)
Mar 2026
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$190k
Typical range
$190k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Architect
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architect | 1 | $190k | $190k |
Highest paying role
Founding Head of Growth
$190k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
100% ▲
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Speko over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
7
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
85/100AI adopter
Developer tools
OpenRouter
Cursor
AI & ML
LLM
ChatGPT
Claude
Practices & domains
Text-to-Speech
Voice Agents
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Connections
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Shared investors
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies
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Owner
Same company
Same group
Likely
News
Speko wint spamzaak van Opta
De rechtbank in Rotterdam heeft Speko in het gelijk gesteld in het verweer tegen een forse spamboete.
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Speko beboet voor tegenwerking OPTA
Speko, een van de drie verzenders van spam die van de OPTA een boete van in totaal 60.000 euro opgelegd hebben gekregen, heeft de OPTA tegengewerkt bij een doorzoeking van het kantoor. Dat blijkt uit het onderzoekersverslag van de telecomwaakhond.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
hires for Sales