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📢【新聞標題】
Meta in Talks to Acquire Voice-Cloning Startup Play AI
Meta 洽談收購聲音複製新創公司 Play AI
📰【摘要】
Meta is reportedly in discussions to acquire Play AI, a voice-cloning startup, to enhance its consumer-facing AI features. The acquisition aims to integrate Play AI's technology and talent, adding audio capabilities to Meta's creative suite.
據報導，Meta 正在洽談收購聲音複製新創公司 Play AI，以增強其面向消費者的 AI 功能。此次收購旨在整合 Play AI 的技術和人才，為 Meta 的創意套件添加音訊功能。
🗝️【關鍵詞彙表】
📝 bolstering (v.)
- 加強、鞏固
- 例句: Alongside bolstering its AI research talent pool, Meta seems to be keen to flesh out its consumer-facing AI features.
- 翻譯: 在加強其 AI 研究人才庫的同時，Meta 似乎也渴望充實其面向消費者的 AI 功能。
📝 flesh out (v.)
- 充實、具體化
- 例句: Meta seems to be keen to flesh out its consumer-facing AI features.
- 翻譯: Meta 似乎渴望充實其面向消費者的 AI 功能。
📝 voice-cloning (adj.)
- 聲音複製的
- 例句: Meta is in discussions to acquire a voice-cloning startup called Play AI.
- 翻譯: Meta 正在洽談收購一家名為 Play AI 的聲音複製新創公司。
📝 integrate (v.)
- 整合、集成
- 例句: The acquisition aims to integrate Play AI's technology and talent.
- 翻譯: 此次收購旨在整合 Play AI 的技術和人才。
📝 creative suite (n.)
- 創意套件
- 例句: Acquiring a voice startup would let the company bake in audio features into its creative suite.
- 翻譯: 收購一家聲音新創公司將使該公司能夠將音訊功能融入其創意套件中。
📝 bake in (v.)
- 融入、整合
- 例句: Acquiring a voice startup would let the company bake in audio features into its creative suite.
- 翻譯: 收購一家聲音新創公司將使該公司能夠將音訊功能融入其創意套件中。
✍️【文法與句型】
📝 seems to be keen to
- 說明: Expresses a strong interest or desire to do something.
- 翻譯: 似乎渴望...
- 例句: Meta seems to be keen to flesh out its consumer-facing AI features.
- 翻譯: Meta 似乎渴望充實其面向消費者的 AI 功能。
📝 would let the company bake in...
- 說明: Expresses a potential outcome or benefit of a particular action.
- 翻譯: 將使公司能夠融入...
- 例句: Acquiring a voice startup would let the company bake in audio features into its creative suite.
- 翻譯: 收購一家聲音新創公司將使該公司能夠將音訊功能融入其創意套件中。
📖【全文與翻譯】
Alongside bolstering its AI research talent pool, Meta seems to be keen to flesh out its consumer-facing AI features.
在加強其 AI 研究人才庫的同時，Meta 似乎也渴望充實其面向消費者的 AI 功能。
The company is in discussions to acquire a voice-cloning startup called Play AI, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.
彭博社援引匿名消息人士報導，該公司正在洽談收購一家名為 Play AI 的聲音複製新創公司。
The tech giant aims to buy the startup’s tech and bring on board some of its staff, the report said.
報告稱，這家科技巨頭旨在收購該新創公司的技術，並讓其一些員工加入。
Play AI lets anyone clone different kinds of voices that they can use for AI-powered use cases, such as customer service, per its website.
根據其網站，Play AI 允許任何人複製不同種類的聲音，這些聲音可用於 AI 驅動的用例，例如客戶服務。
The startup has raised $23.5 million in total, and its investors include 500 Global, Kindred Ventures, Race Capital, and Soma Capital, per Crunchbase.
根據 Crunchbase 的數據，該新創公司已總共籌集了 2350 萬美元，其投資者包括 500 Global、Kindred Ventures、Race Capital 和 Soma Capital。
Meta currently lets creators on its social platforms build their own chatbots and has added video-editing capabilities to its Meta AI chatbot.
Meta 目前允許其社交平台上的創作者構建自己的聊天機器人，並已將影片編輯功能添加到其 Meta AI 聊天機器人中。
Acquiring a voice startup would let the company bake in audio features into its creative suite.
收購一家聲音新創公司將使該公司能夠將音訊功能融入其創意套件中。
Meta declined to comment on the story. Play AI did not immediately return a request for comment.
Meta 拒絕對此消息發表評論。 Play AI 沒有立即回復置評請求。
🔗【資料來源】
文章連結：https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/meta-in-talks-to-acquire-voice-cloning-startup-play-ai/