Willow
Speech & Audio AI · Consumer & Utility Software
2open roles
1backers · Y Combinator
30stories in the press
5technologies in use
Overview
Fast, accurate voice dictation for emails, documents, Cursor, note-taking, and messaging. Turn speech to text seamlessly, edit automatically, and stay secure with privacy. Boost productivity with context-aware AI and custom dictionaries. Get Willow Voice!
Funding and backers
Hiring now
4
open roles
Backers
1
Y Combinator
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Nov 10, 2025
Released an app Willow Dictation & AI Keyboard · App Store
May 29, 2025
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Willow Voice (YC X25) – Personalized Dictation You Can Use Anywhere
Apr 2025
Went through Y Combinator
Feb 2025
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.6 ★
1.1k ratings
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$225k
Typical range
$170k – $300k
Open positions
4
4
Jobs
Junior
50%
Middle
25%
Staff
25%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $275k | $250k – $300k |
| Middle | 1 | $200k | $200k |
| Staff | 1 | $170k | $170k |
Highest paying role
Founding Account Executive
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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.
AI/ML
25% ▼
Design
25% ▼
Marketing
25% ▼
Sales
25% ▼
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Willow over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
5
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
91/100AI adopter
Cloud & platforms
Figma
Developer tools
Cursor
AI & ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Practices & domains
Multimodal AI
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News
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Thekla: Willow Nightingale And I Might Feud Forever
Thekla and Willow Nightingale will fight forever.
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Pet of the Day: Willow has a lot of love to give and looking to share it with you
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) - Meet Willow, our FOX8 Pet of the Day! If you're interested in adopting this pet or any other pets at AARF, please call (336) 768-7387 or visit the AARF website. AARF is lo...
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They release compounds that contribute to ozone emissions, and rising temperatures could exacerbate the problem.
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Buy Willow and Make Me Rich
The honest pitch: buy Willow once for €299, get a local AI agent that runs on your machine, keeps your data private, and gets better every day. No subscription.
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Willow (@WillowVoiceAI) on X
Introducing Atlas 1. Willow's new frontier speech-to-text model.It outperforms ElevenLabs, Deepgram, OpenAI, and more by a wide margin.Built on the first scalable, human-powered transcription infrastructure ever built for real-time dictation.
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Google's Willow quantum processor will power cutting-edge UK research through the NQCC.
Quantum computing holds the potential to solve some of the world's most complex challenges. Today, we're announcing a new collaboration with the UK National Quantum Comp…
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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
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering $230k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Design, Marketing