# Alan Cowen (slim)

> 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.

## 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.

### What does Hume AI make?

Anchor Terminal lists Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) and Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP from Hume AI.

### 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

These 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.