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  "markdown": "CEO and Chief Scientist, Hume AI.\n\nAlan Cowen is CEO and Chief Scientist of Hume AI, leading its team of engineers, AI scientists and psychologists. He developed semantic space theory, the approach to emotion science behind Hume's data-driven methods for measuring human expression.\n\n## What Alan builds\n\n- [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-evi.md), graded C, 56.7/100, in Conversational voice agents. Hume's hosted voice-agent service, accessed through a WebSocket API. CEO and Chief Scientist, Hume AI, researched 2026-10-28.\n- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 54.6/100, in Voice cloning \u0026 custom voices. Custom voices for Hume's Octave TTS and EVI. CEO and Chief Scientist, Hume AI, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [EQT](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eqt/)\n- [Union Square Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-square-ventures/)\n- [Nat Friedman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nat-friedman/)\n- [Daniel Gross](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/daniel-gross/)\n- [Metaplanet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/metaplanet/)\n- [Northwell Holdings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/northwell-holdings/)\n- [Comcast Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/comcast-ventures/)\n- [LG Technology Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lg-technology-ventures/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Alan Cowen?\n\nAlan Cowen is CEO and Chief Scientist of Hume AI, leading its team of engineers, AI scientists and psychologists. He developed semantic space theory, the approach to emotion science behind Hume's data-driven methods for measuring human expression.\n\n### What does Hume AI make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) and Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP from Hume AI. Hume's hosted voice-agent service, accessed through a WebSocket API.\n\n### Who has invested in Hume AI?\n\nThe sources our research read name EQT, Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Metaplanet, Northwell Holdings, Comcast Ventures and LG Technology Ventures.\n\n### How are Alan's tools graded?\n\nHume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) is graded C, 56.7 out of 100; Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP is graded C, 54.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.hume.ai/\n- https://www.hume.ai/about\n- https://www.hume.ai/blog/series-b-evi-announcement\n- https://www.hume.ai/blog/hume-ai-raises-usd12-7m-in-series-a-funding\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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