Cliff Weitzman

CEO / Founder @SpeechifyAI (55 million users)
Dyslexia Advocate, also Kaladin

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

@anoopnmenon @HarryStebbings This was so well written. Oh my gosh. Anoop, do you mind if I copy paste the content of this document into a tweet and tag you?

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@Souls4Hire @aidan_mclau Yeah, I didn't, you're welcome.

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@JideLambo @ncsh @HarryStebbings @SpeechifyAI @adjacent Just get the Mac app. It works instead of any application on your computer. Thanks for the kind words.

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

https://t.co/35kf3572hw

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

I got the chance to sit down with @HarryStebbings at @20vcFund and share how I went from struggling to read as a kid to building one of the world's most widely used AI voice platforms.

We talked about some of the hardest lessons I learned while building Speechify, the future of AI, and what nobody tells you about becoming a founder.

Full episode in the comments below!

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

Speechify's SIMBA 3.0 text to speech model just hit the @ArtificialAnlys top 10 at the lowest cost per 1M chars.

On the combined metrics of quality, cost, & latency, SIMBA 3.0 ranks among the best TTS models in the world, while outperforming models from @ElevenLabs, @cartesia, @OpenAI, @google, @amazon & @nvidia on affordability.

Up now at https://t.co/T5KvC9gdkj 🚀

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

@ncsh @cliffweitzman @SpeechifyAI @adjacent Fricking amazing show! Like amazing amazing!

[Nico Wittenborn @ncsh]

excited for this one @cliffweitzman @HarryStebbings

@SpeechifyAI was the 2nd ever @adjacent investment in 2019/20 and stayed largely underrated by the world

stay tuned for some wild stories...

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

@rushabtated4 where can I use this website?

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

Today, we're thrilled to launch Speechify Voice AI for Windows, powered by fully on-device AI, now available to 1B+ Microsoft Windows users around the world.

Now, anyone on a PC can use Speechify to listen to anything they read and voice type across any app, including Teams, Word, Slack, Notion, and any browser.

And it's built with enterprise security in mind.

Every user has the option for fully on-device AI. Your voice data never leaves your machine.

For years, I've heard from PC users how much they'd love to use Speechify on their desktop. This has been especially true for people using Windows at work.

The wait is over.

Speechify is the most used Voice AI productivity platform in the world for education and work. Today, we take another step forward.

Download for free here: https://t.co/Vlf6GIqutd

– Written with Speechify Voice Typing

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

If you are a savage Android engineer who uses Claude Code daily and has a massive sense of urgency and high ability to be an outcome owner and would like to work with us at Speechify, please message me.

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use case i'm honored to be part of <3

[Lukas Weichselbaum @weichselbauml]

Asimov’s Foundation series. Finally getting to this. Have been wanting to read this for a while. About 1h in and it’s a lot less dry and more funny than I had thought. Going at it with Speechify by @cliffweitzman, which is my favorite for text to speech while I do household chores or walk…

[Lukas Weichselbaum @weichselbauml]

Asimov’s Foundation series. Finally getting to this. Have been wanting to read this for a while. About 1h in and it’s a lot less dry and more funny than I had thought. Going at it with Speechify by @cliffweitzman, which is my favorite for text to speech while I do household chores or walk…

[Logan Brand @loganmbrand]

having an absolute chad posing for the @FoundersPodcast merch store says so much

cant even see the "n" because of bros chest 😂

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

@FoundersPodcast @loganmbrand @davidsenra chips on shoulders put chips on your pecs

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

@loganmbrand @FoundersPodcast @davidsenra Got you, high level principals are here https://t.co/slkpv5O8O4

some good routines in the screenshots

[Cliff Weitzman @cliffweitzman]

One habit that changed my life:

When someone says something nice about a person who isn't in the room, I pull out my phone and text that person immediately.

"Hey, just heard [name] say you're incredible at [thing]. Thought you should know."

Takes 10 seconds. Costs nothing.

But I can't tell you how many relationships started or deepened because of that one habit.

Most people wait until they need something to reach out.

Flip it. Reach out when you have something to give.

Written with @SpeechifyAI voice typing

[Karen Janowski @KarenJan]

@cliffweitzman Congratulations, Cliff! I remember when you recited the first chapter of the first Harry Potter book at an AT hands on booth at IDAC in Atlanta, advocating for AT for all! You never stopped.

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Link to video: https://t.co/VtGoP1fbZ9

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I think about interfaces a lot.

My whole life I've struggled with reading and typing. It's why I built Speechify.

So when a creator made the argument that ChatGPT's biggest weakness isn't the model, it's the interface, it hit different.

He's right.

The smartest AI in the world doesn't matter if you can't use it while living your life.

The video is a must watch, link in comments.

- Written with Speechify voice typing