Voice risk assessment startup Clearspeed Corp. today announced that it has raised $60 million in new funding to scale up its artificial intelligence‑driven voice-based risk assessment platform.

Founded in 2016, Clearspeed offers voice‑based risk assessments that leverage AI to analyze vocal patterns, such as tone, cadence, hesitation and stress, rather than semantic content. The company’s voice analytics engine identifies universal human vocal characteristics that serve as objective indicators of risk. It’s designed to work across more than 60 languages without relying on words or metadata.

Initially developed for the U.S. Department of Defense, Clearspeed’s technology quickly exposes indicators of risk for government and military agencies, though in 2025, the technology has been adopted across a range of industries.

In insurance and financial services, Clearspeed’s tech can be used early in the customer journey, whether during claims, underwriting or onboarding calls, to fast-track low‑risk interactions automatically while flagging potentially risky ones. Clearspeed claims this allows insurers to halve claims handling time, increase instant payouts by approximately 40%, achieve more than a 30-fold return on investment, and significantly curb fraud.

In government, defense and national security use, Clearspeed’s voice analytics support faster personnel vetting, insider‑threat detection and security clearance screening.

Among the company’s offerings, a version called Clearspeed Express enables rapid deployment via cloud application programming interfaces or telephony integration to deliver real‑time risk scores during live conversations without disrupting existing workflows. The platform delivers unbiased, real‑time alerts that assist organizations to efficiently triage cases, improve decision quality and elevate trust between all parties.

The Series D round was led by Align Private Capital, with participation from IronGate Capital Advisors, Bravo Victor Venture Capital, KBW Ventures and former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director and Retired General David H. Petraeus. As part of the deal, Anna Nekoranec, co-founder and chief executive of Align Private Capital, is joining Clearspeed’s board.

“Clearspeed has demonstrated true dual-use potential with scalable commercial results and meaningful impact in high-stakes environments,” Align Private Capital’s Nekoranec said in a statement. “It’s rare to see a solution that can reduce fraud, mitigate security threats and save significant costs without creating friction for the end user. This is the innovation needed to build smarter, more human-centered systems of trust.”

The new funding takes the total amount raised by Clearspeed to $110 million.

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