# Alan Cowen

> Alan Cowen is CEO and Chief Scientist at Hume AI. Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) and Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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CEO and Chief Scientist, Hume AI.

Alan 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.

## What Alan builds

- [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.
- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 54.6/100, in Voice cloning & custom voices. Custom voices for Hume's Octave TTS and EVI. CEO and Chief Scientist, Hume AI, researched 2026-10-28.

## Backed by

- [EQT](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eqt/)
- [Union Square Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-square-ventures/)
- [Nat Friedman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nat-friedman/)
- [Daniel Gross](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/daniel-gross/)
- [Metaplanet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/metaplanet/)
- [Northwell Holdings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/northwell-holdings/)
- [Comcast Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/comcast-ventures/)
- [LG Technology Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lg-technology-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Alan Cowen?

Alan 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.

### What does Hume AI make?

Anchor 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.

### Who has invested in Hume AI?

The sources our research read name EQT, Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Metaplanet, Northwell Holdings, Comcast Ventures and LG Technology Ventures.

### How are Alan's tools graded?

Hume 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.

## Sources

- https://www.hume.ai/
- https://www.hume.ai/about
- https://www.hume.ai/blog/series-b-evi-announcement
- https://www.hume.ai/blog/hume-ai-raises-usd12-7m-in-series-a-funding

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