JD Prater

Cyclist. VP of Marketing. Former AssemblyAI, AWS, Google, and Quora. Lots of opinions, all my own.

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

Introducing Universal Streaming - an ultra-fast, ultra-accurate streaming speech-to-text model for voice agents 🚀

Universal-Streaming delivers ultra-low latency, superior accuracy, and intelligent endpointing at just $0.15/hr 👇

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

🚀 Big news from AssemblyAI! We’re unveiling two major product breakthroughs set to redefine Speech AI capabilities in 2025.

Speech AI adoption is skyrocketing, and we’re here to fuel that growth. Here’s what’s coming: 🧵👇

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

AssemblyAI's founder Dylan Fox was featured in @googlecloud's recent AI Trends report, discussing the real challenges of bridging AI's "last mile" gap from demo to production 🧵

#FutureofAIStartups2025

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

AssemblyAI is featured in a @googlecloud case study!

Learn how we build & train our Speech AI models faster by leveraging Google Cloud and Vertex AI:

https://t.co/DQ1LSxSO3F

[JD Prater @jdprater]

@chiefaioffice Yes please

[Santiago @svpino]

The Universal-2 model was just released. This is a next-generation Speech-To-Text model.

It's a 660M parameter Conformer RNN-T model built on Universal-1's (already great) performance.

Some results:

• It's 24% better at recognizing proper nouns
• It's 21% improvement in alphanumeric accuracy
• 15% enhanced text formatting
• 73% of users prefer Universal-2 compared to Universal-1
• More accurate and robust, especially in real-world speech complexity

This model solves some of the hardest challenges in making Speech-To-Test reliable

For the first time, we can say that WER metrics (Word Error Rate) don't capture the full story about how good this model is.

You can go here to try this model: https://t.co/Zxb8REFACg

And here is a blog post with their announcement:
https://t.co/8N6lysFaHH

@AssemblyAI is behind Universal-2. I am a long-time collaborator of the company.

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

Announcing Universal-2, our most advanced speech-to-text model to date.

Building on Universal-1's industry-leading performance, we've pushed Speech AI even further. Here's what's new:

[JD Prater @jdprater]

@arvidkahl @lukemckaysmith Have you tried @AssemblyAI? I’d love to know your thoughts?

https://t.co/tsZiJ8uEDO

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

Introducing Assembly Required - A series of candid conversations with AI founders sharing insights, learnings, and the highs and lows of building a company.

This week, @EdoLiberty, founder and CEO of @pinecone, sits down with @YouveGotFox, founder and CEO of AssemblyAI, to talk through:

- Pioneering an entirely new category that doesn’t even have a name yet
- Making the right pricing decisions, even when they’re hard
- Building products that are optimized for love and trust

Watch their full conversation here: https://t.co/srL1AKzqY1

[JD Prater @jdprater]

Such an insightful conversation.

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

Introducing Assembly Required - A series of candid conversations with AI founders sharing insights, learnings, and the highs and lows of building a company.

This week, @EdoLiberty, founder and CEO of @pinecone, sits down with @YouveGotFox, founder and CEO of AssemblyAI, to talk through:

- Pioneering an entirely new category that doesn’t even have a name yet
- Making the right pricing decisions, even when they’re hard
- Building products that are optimized for love and trust

Watch their full conversation here: https://t.co/srL1AKzqY1

[JD Prater @jdprater]

@torylynne @thetafferboy @samtorresatl I did! Leading product marketing at @AssemblyAI working on speech-to-text.

[JD Prater @jdprater]

@Ameobea10 Or from the mind of Tim Burton

[JD Prater @jdprater]

@bentossell Veed and Descript

[JD Prater @jdprater]

Let’s go!

[Bain & Company @BainandCompany]

Which AI applications gained ground this year? We recently profiled 24 companies putting AI to work for specific use cases or industries, including 15 established leaders and 9 emerging disruptors.

Dive into the details and prepare for the future of AI: https://t.co/xQhq4DamJb

[JD Prater @jdprater]

@DigitalSamIAm What’s with the hand gestures?

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

Looking for an easy no-code option to transcribe audio files?

We're excited to launch our @zapier integration v. 2.0!

The enhanced app is more flexible, supports more Speech AI features, and integrates more closely into the Zap editor.

https://t.co/JjYbQ8pTav

[JD Prater @jdprater]

@nickfloats @midjourney @krea_ai @topazlabs @elevenlabs @suno_ai_ @LumaLabsAI @splinetool @descript @MoveAI_ For speech, use @AssemblyAI

[AssemblyAI @AssemblyAI]

🤖🔧 In this video, we take a look at the best AI tools for software engineers. Specifically for coding and some supporting tasks like testing and UI building.

These tools are used by working professionals in many fields such as web development, python and java development, game development, app development and much more.

⭐️ Watch: https://t.co/ToL4EJkskC

[JD Prater @jdprater]

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