๐ป Technology Venice AI hits $1 billion valuation as Voorhees backs privacy Venice AI reached a $1 billion valuation, proving market demand for privacy-first AI. This challenges big techโs data-harvesting model, offering users confidential alternatives amid growing trust issu DE Decrypt 1 Jul 2026 1 days ago 1 min read Decrypt โ 1 July 2026 Text: Aโ A+ 3 0 0 ๐๏ธ Listen ๐ Translate ๐ Translate: ๐ฌ๐ง EN ๐ธ๐ฆ AR ๐ต๐ฐ UR ๐ฎ๐ณ HI ๐ซ๐ท FR ๐ช๐ธ ES ๐ฉ๐ช DE ๐น๐ท TR ๐จ๐ณ ZH ๐ท๐บ RU ๐ง๐ท PT โ ๐๏ธ AI Podcast โ Two-Host Discussion Venice AI hits $1 billion valuation as Voorhees backs privacy Kokoro TTS ยท ~5 min episode ยท American English voices โ ๐ค Voice Selectionโผ tap to expand Choose voices for Host A and Host B. Changes take effect on next play. Host A ๐ฅ Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Fenrir (Rich, authoritative) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Onyx (Strong, broadcast) Liam (Youthful, conversational) Bella (Warm, expressive) Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Daniel (Polished, clear) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) Alejandro (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) Siwis (F, expressive) Alpha (F, clear) Gongitsune (F, natural) Kumo (M, deep) Xiaobei (F, bright) Yunyang (M, warm) Alpha (F, natural) Omega (M, clear) Sara (F, expressive) Nicola (M, rich) Dora (F, warm) Alex (M, clear) Host B ๐ฆ Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Bella (Warm, expressive) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Dora (F, warm) Alejandro (M, clear) Siwis (F, expressive) Nezuko (F, bright) Tebukuro (F, calm) Kumo (M, deep) Yunxi (F, energetic) Yunyang (M, warm) Omega (M, clear) Alpha (F, natural) Nicola (M, rich) Sara (F, expressive) Alex (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) ๐๏ธ Regenerate with Selected Voices A Now Speaking โ Generating podcastโฆ Synthesising speech โ will play automatically when readyโฆ โถ 0:00 / 0:00 1ร Venice AI, the privacy-focused artificial intelligence startup founded by crypto pioneer Erik Voorhees, has officially reached a $1 billion valuation, Read Full Story at Decrypt โ Advertisement Venice AI Erik Voorhees privacy artificial intelligence OpenAI Google ShapeShift Bitcoin ticker:GE ticker:GOOGL ticker:INTC ticker:MSFT React: ๐ฅ0 ๐ฎ0 ๐ข0 ๐ก0 โค๏ธ0 ๐ค0 Read original story at Decrypt Sources Decrypt Sponsored Related Stories ๐ป Technology OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open-source bugs TechCrunch ยท 10 days ago ๐ป Technology Priceline Promo Codes & Coupons: 10% Off June Wired ยท 11 days ago ๐ป Technology Millions of iCloud users could claim share of ยฃ3bn after Apple case given UK green light BBC Technology ยท 10 days ago ๐ป Technology Nothingโs latest teaser may have just revealed the Nothing Phone 4b Android Authority ยท 11 days ago ๐ป Technology This budget phone has a mammoth 11,000mAh battery that will make flagships jealous Android Authority ยท 10 days ago ๐ป Technology Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support TechCrunch ยท 10 days ago